Chocolate chip sea star
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Very common in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Protoreaster nodosus coloration is variable, from white/light brown to bright red, sometimes dark.
Replaced in Western Indian Ocean by Protoreaster linckii.
at Liang Beach (Indonesia) © paradis974
at Siladen (Indonesia) © paradis974
at Tulapos Marine Sanctuary (Philippines) © paradis974
at Cebu Seaview Dive Resort (Philippines) © paradis974
at Komodo Resort (Indonesia) © nst56
at Bunaken Timur (Indonesia)
at Siete Pecados (Philippines) © jc_mara
at Cabilao Bamboo Reef (Philippines) © jc_mara
at Moalboal / Panagsama Beach (Philippines) © jc_mara
at Moalboal / Panagsama Beach (Philippines) © subdadyves
at Siladen (Indonesia)
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