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Summary
The Tasmanian viviparous seastar, Patiriella vivipara. Adults achieve a full size of 13mm across.
This tiny species is endemic to Tasmania, is known from a handful of locations and is considered threatened.
Rather than going through the usual planktonic larval stage that most seastars go through, this species hold the larvae in it's gonad until they are fully formed. These minute baby seastars emerge from the back of the parent. This reproduction method limits the spread of this species to suitable habitat elsewhere along the coast.
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