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Nidorellia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Oreasteridae

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Asteroidea

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Order
  
Valvatida

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Genus
  
Nidorellia J.E. Gray, 1840

Similar
  
Pentaceraster cumingi, Phataria unifascialis, Phataria, Pentaceraster, Oreasteridae

Nidorellia armata, also known as the chocolate chip star (leading to easy confusion with Protoreaster nodosus), is a species of starfish from warmer parts of the East Pacific, where it ranges from the Gulf of California to northwest Peru, including the Galápagos. It is the only species in the genus Nidorellia. N. armata can be found in tropical waters clinging on corals and rocky reefs; and are sometimes kept as pets in home marine aquariums.

References

Nidorellia Wikipedia