Chocolate Chip Sea Star
Protoreaster nodosus
Adults inhabit shallow tropical lagoons, seagrass beds, sandy flats, and coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific. They move with hundreds of tube feet and feed on slow or stationary animals, including bivalves, as well as carrion. The prominent dark-tipped knobs on the upper surface deter many predators and give this sea star its chocolate-chip name.
- Type
- Water
- Conservation status
- NE
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- Chocolate Chip Sea Star