New Zealand Seashore

DSC_7738 Cushion sea star (Patiriella regularis) atypical sea stars. Although most cushion stars have five arms, they can frequently have fewer, or more arms. Six armed stars are quite common, four and seven armed stars are sometimes found, and on rare occasions even eight armed stars turn up. Whangateau Harbour

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