Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Nine-Armed Sea Star
Luidia senegalensis
Nine-Armed Sea Star
Category: Sea Stars
Scientific Name: Luidia senegalensis
Size: Up to 12 in. (30 cm)  
Depth: 3-150 ft. (1-45 m)
Distribution: Florida, Caribbean
Echinodermata (Phylum) Echinoderms
└Asterozoa (Subphylum) Sea Stars and Brittle Stars
 └Asteroidea (Class) Sea Stars
  └Paxillosida (Order)
   └Luidiidae (Family)
    └Luidia (Genus)
     └L. senegalensis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 178641🔗
iNaturalist ID: 450136🔗

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