Cortez starfish

Cortez starfish

Pentaceraster cumingi

Oreasteridae

Average weight is around 325 grams

maximum size: 20 cm

Common in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Inhabitants of coral and rocky reefs in depths ranging from 0-10 meters.

Primarily feeds by scavenging. The diet consists of seagrass, microscopic organisms, and ocean-floor algae. Occasionally pray on other sea stars as well.

They can regenerate missing limbs, but it takes them up to one year for the limb to reach full body size

expected to see most of the year