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Scientific Name: Luidia hardwicki (Gray, 1840)
English Name: Sea star Star fish
Local/Bangla Name: Taramachh (তারা মাছ)
Photo: Gowlett-Holmes K
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodarmata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Paxillosida
Family: Luidiidae
Description:
The superomarginal plates have a shape resembling paxillae. The paxillae on the upper surface are densely clustered on the central disc and the midradial areas of the arms. You can find four to five bivalved pedicellariae on the edge of the oral plates and 8 to 10 pointed spinelets on the lower surface. Adjoining the furrow, there’s a single spine and on the opposite side, there are 5 to 6 larger subambulacral spines present on the plates. There is no anus or intestinal caeca in this species.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmed M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (EDS.) 2009 Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 16. Annelida Echainodermata Acanthocephala and Minor Phyla.. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 232 pp.
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