Luidia magnifica

Luidia magnifica, the magnificent star, is a species of starfish in the family Luidiidae.

There are also paxillae on the margins of the underside and multiple rows of tube feet running down the centre of each arm.

[2] The colour is variable, sometimes being creamy yellow with bands of red spots, but other specimens are darker in varying shades of brown and olive.

[6] Like other members of the genus Luidia, the magnificent star is likely to be an opportunist predator of macrofauna and possibly also a scavenger.

[3] It swallows large items of food whole, digesting them in its two stomachs and further processing the remains in the pyloric caeca in the base of its arms.

Underside of Luidia magnifica