Husbandry
Verrill, 1868
Amphiaster insignis is an attractive and distinctive sea star and is characterized by its uniformly colored red-orange to red-brown body and webbed arms.
The Seastar has a broad flat disc with triangularly shaped arms that are covered with large, smooth, heavy, randomly spaced highly movable conical spines.
Similar species: Paulia horrida
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterodiscididae (Family) > Amphiaster (Genus) > Amphiaster insignis (Species)
Amphiaster insignis is an attractive and distinctive sea star and is characterized by its uniformly colored red-orange to red-brown body and webbed arms.
The Seastar has a broad flat disc with triangularly shaped arms that are covered with large, smooth, heavy, randomly spaced highly movable conical spines.
Similar species: Paulia horrida
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterodiscididae (Family) > Amphiaster (Genus) > Amphiaster insignis (Species)