- English Common Name
- Horned Sea Star
- Scientific name
- Protoreaster nodosus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Valvatida, Family: Oreasteridae
- Size
- About 15 cm
- Species Distribution
- Indo-Pacific (Amami and Ryukyu Groups, south of the Ogasawara Group)
- This species is big and thick having characteristic conical bumps on the dorsal side. The Horned Sea Star is found in seagrass beds, and it extends its stomach to feed on detritus such as dead seagrass. It sometimes feeds on corals, too. Honeycomb Sea Star, P. alveolatus, is a closely related but very rare species.
Horned Sea Star feeding on corals
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- Updated July 2017