[Originally posted to the Moorea Coral Reef LTER (MCR LTER) Marine Life Encyclopedia]
Linckia or Comet Seastar
(Linckia
sp.)
Photo by Gerick Bergsma
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Throughout the tropical Indopacific |
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Linckia are found on reef flats. |
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Linckia seastars consume detritus, algae and microbes. |
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Linckia seastars have amazing abilities to regenerate body parts. If attacked, a seastar may sever one of its legs to escape from a predator and later regrow it. They are also able to asexually reproduce by severing legs, which regrow into new seastars. |
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Coming Soon
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