Luidia senegalensis

Nine-armed sea star
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Paxillosida
Family: Luidiidae
Genus: Luidia
Species:
L. senegalensis
Binomial name
Luidia senegalensis
(Lamarck, 1816) [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Asterias senegalensis Lamarck, 1816
  • Luidia marcgravii Steenstrup in Lutken, 1859

Luidia senegalensis, the nine-armed sea star, is a tropical species of starfish in the family Luidiidae found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

  1. ^ a b Mah, Christopher (2012). "Luidia senegalensis (Lamark, 1816)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-06-15.