Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Four-and-four Sea Star 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
- Leptasterias hexactis
- Anasterias antarctica
- Leptasterias muelleri
- Leptasterias polaris
- Coscinasterias acutispina
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Forcipulatida
- Family
- Stichasteridae
- Genus
- Allostichaster
- Species
- Allostichaster polyplax
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