Spiny Basket Sea Star, Astrocaneum spinosum

Spiny Basket Sea Star, Astrocaneum spinosum. Basket Sea Star provided by the commercial fishermen in the greater Los Cabos area, Baja California Sur, June 2009. Size: 15 cm (5.9 inches). Fairly common and found in the branches of the Red Gorgonian, Eugorgia daniana. Identification courtesy of Dr. Richard Brusca, Tucson, Arizona.

Family.  The Spiny Basket Sea Star is a member of the Gorgonocephalidae Family of Basket Sea Stars.

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