Nine-armed Sea Star
Luidia senegalensis
A large, flat sea star with nine slender arms, common on Gulf sand flats.
- Typical size
- 6–14 in across
- How often it turns up
- Fairly common
- Collecting
- Protected, do not collect
- Handling
- Photograph and release
Living beach animals should be photographed and left where they are. Many are protected, and most cannot survive being moved.
How to tell it apart
- Nine long, narrow arms
- Grey-brown with a bristly edge
- Flexible and floppy, not rigid
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