ヒメコブヒトデ / Red-knobbed starfish

• ヒメコブヒトデ

子供のヒメコブヒトデは緑のまだら模様をしているが、成長するにつれて赤い突起が現れ始める。

Juvenile red-knobbed starfish have a mottled green body.
However, as they grow up, red knobs begin appearing on their arms.

Scientific Name : Protoreaster linckii
Family: Oreasteridae
Order: Valvatida
Photo taken at Koelner Zoo