APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

Asterina phylactica - Green Starlet or Small Cushion Star (Starfish Images)
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Green Starlet
Asterina phylactica
- top view 1

Green Starlet
Asterina phylactica
- top view 2

Green Starlet
Asterina phylactica
- top view 3

Green Starlet
Asterina phylactica
- top view 4

Green Starlet
Asterina phylactica
- top view 5

Green Starlet
Asterina phylactica
- top view close-up 1

Green Starlet
Asterina phylactica
- top view with scale 1

Green Starlet
Asterina phylactica
- underside 1

Green Starlet
Asterina phylactica
- underside with scale 1

Images of species taken from animals found under stones in middleshore pools at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall, 16.04.09 and 17.01.10. SX07755248; also at Little London Rocks, Marazion, near Penzance, Cornwall, 13.11.11. SW5260330325.

This species is by no means as common as the Cushion Star (Asterina gibbosa), which it resembles. Please preserve the habitat of this species by making sure all stones are carefully returned to the same position and same way up as they were found.

Asterina phylactica Green Starlet or Small Cushion Star Starfish Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Echinoderm Images
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