Biscuit star
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| phylum | Chordata | Biscuit Stars feed on encrusting invertebrates and sponges. This species was recently split into two species. The one that kept this name does not brood embryos under the body like similar species do. It has 5 Arms, arm rays merge in a pentagonal disc and has Six large plates around the edge between arm tips.
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| class | Asteroidea | |
| order | Valvatida | |
| family | Goniasteridae | |
| genus | Tosia | |
| species | T. australis |
