Callopatiria formosa

Grey starfish, Beautiful starfish
Callopatiria formosa found at Murphy's reef, Miller's Point, Cape Peninsula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Asterinidae
Genus:	Callopatiria
Species:	C. formosa
Binomial name
Callopatiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933)
Synonyms [1]
Parasterina formosaMortensen, 1933 Patiria formosa(Mortensen, 1933) (Subsequent combination by Clark (1956))

Callopatiria formosa, the grey starfish or beautiful starfish, is an echinoderm in the family Asterinidae found in South Africa.

Originally described as Parasterina formosa by T. Mortensen, in Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea), 1933. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Mah, C.L. (2018). World Asteroidea Database. Callopatiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177967 on 2018-05-19
2. Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93. 65: 215-400.