Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Gymnanthenea globigera being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pseudoreaster obtusangulus
- Anthenea aspera
- Anthenea sidneyensis
- Anthaster valvulatus
- Protoreaster nodulosus
- Goniodiscaster scaber
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Oreasteridae
- Genus
- Gymnanthenea
- Species
- Gymnanthenea globigera
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