Parvulastra exigua
{{Short description|Species of starfish}}
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| authority = (Lamarck, 1816)
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| Asterias exigua | Lamarck, 1816
| Asterias minuta | de Blainville, 1834
| Asterina exigua | (Lamarck, 1816)
| Asteriscus krauss | (Gray, 1840)
| Patiriella exigua | (Lamarck, 1816) }}
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Parvulastra exigua, or the dwarf cushion starJones, Georgina. A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. SURG, Cape Town, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-620-41639-9}} is a species of sea star in the family Asterinidae. It can be found in temperate intertidal marine communities from geographically widespread sites around the southern hemisphere (including South Africa and Australia).
Description
Distribution
Parvulastra exigua is found from Namibia to Mozambique on intertidal zones up to 3 m, on St Helena, St Paul, and southeastern Australia.
Natural history
References
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Category:Echinoderms of the Atlantic Ocean
Category:Echinoderms of the Indian Ocean
Category:Echinoderms of the Pacific Ocean
Category:Starfish described in 1816
Category:Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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