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Coronaster reticulatus

Rob Stewart, NIWA. Nascent Inter-Ridge Volcanic and Neotectonic Activity (NIRVANA)

Coronaster reticulatus (H.L. Clark, 1916), this wee cutie is just 7 cm across and was found on the active Rumble V Seamount at 463 m.