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Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Scientific name: Linckia multifora

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Echinodermata → Subphylum Asterozoa → Class Asteroidea → Subclass Ambuloasteroidea → Infraclass Neoasteroidea → Superorder Valvatacea → Order Valvatida → Family Ophidiasteridae → Genus Linckia

Common name: Multipore Sea Star
...also Spotted Linckia
Locations: Hawaii, Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesSea Stars

Given the coloration, I bet it tastes like strawberries or Froot Loops.

Like most sea stars, linckia can reproduce by dropping an arm. The arm grows into a new sea star; the star then regrows the missing arm.

The ones in Hawaii are more pink and white. Elsewhere in the Pacific, they've got yellow and orange mixed in as well.

Other images:
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Preparing to drop an arm
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
New star growing from dropped arm
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
Linckia multifora (Multipore Sea Star)
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