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

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.