Spiny Arm

Mahurangi Harbour with its fine sandy (sometimes muddy) bottom is a good place for comb sea stars to live in … and for divers to observe them.

Keywords: sea star “sea star” starfish comb “comb sea star” “comb star” Astropecten polyacanthus “Astropecten polyacanthus” arm spiny spine underwater undersea Pacific ocean temperate echinoderm bottom “bottom dwelling” sandy sand “sandy bottom”