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Kōrero: Starfish, sea urchins and other echinoderms

Biscuit star

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Biscuit star

Biscuit stars are common around low tidal areas of the South Island and southern North Island.

Often orange or brown, they resemble fancy baked biscuits.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10048430

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maggy Wassilieff, Starfish, sea urchins and other echinoderms – Spiny-skinned animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5190/biscuit-star (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.