Invertebrates
12 entries in the Protoreaster lincki compendium.
Protoreaster linckiSource-cited species reference: taxonomy from WoRMS, biology from SeaLifeBase, occurrence map from GBIF…ProtoreasterA genus of vividly colored reef starfish, split from Linckia by Bouchet in 1982.CancellariinaeLattice-etched auger snails threading through the warm shallow seas.NeogastropodaThe ocean's most architecturally extravagant predators, locked in shells that outlast empires.CancellariidaeA slender, tusk-shaped predator that bores through bivalve armor with a single tooth.Protoreaster alatusA five-armed blue predator that cracks open clams on Indo-Pacific reefs.Protoreaster peruvianusA Peruvian sea star whose abactinal bumps mark it apart from its Pacific congeners.Protoreaster nodosusA cobalt jewel of the Caribbean reef, armored in a thousand blue needles.Cancellaria cancellataA lattice-armoured driller that bores through bivalve shells in the warm shallows.Cancellaria vermiculataA vermicule-striped sentinel of the shallow benthos, coiled in the candy-striped lineage.Cancellaria tuberosaA knobby tusk shell that quietly parasitises bivalves in the shallows.CancellariaLattice-walled snails filtering the tropics' shallows from beneath the sand.
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