Thank you for contacting us with your question. We apologize there are various species of the Orange Sea Star that may be harvested which makes it very difficult to determine which specimen will be shipped. We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you have any further questions on the beautiful starfish please contact us.
Random Aquarist,
Oftentimes it is very difficult to drill down to the species level for many different animals offered in the aquarium trade. To complicate matters, collectors and exporters will often times send different species that look very similar from week to week, or month to month. For this reason we try and shy away from listing both the genus and species.
The Orange Sea Star offered on LiveAquaria.com is more often than not Echinaster luzonicus.
Regards,
Kevin Kohen
Director of LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster and Smith
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