Asterias_argonauta
Asterias argonauta
Species of starfish
Asterias argonauta is a starfish native to the Pacific coasts of Far East Russia.[1]
The species was first described by Alexander Michailovitsch Djakonov in 1950,[1][2][3] with the holotype collected in 1925 in the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan near the Basargin Lighthouse, at a depth of 20m in the waters off Primorsky Krai.[4][5]
It has also been recovered in Chemulpo Bay, in northwestern South Korea.[1]
It has been found on silty sand or pebble substrates.[4] It has been found at depths of 1-32m.[1]