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cushion starnounA small shallow-water starfish with a broad body and very short blunt arms. Also called starlet.- Asterina and related genera, class Asteroidea, in particular A. gibbosa of the NE Atlantic.
Anemones, bubble corals, soft tree corals, sea cucumbers and cushion stars harboured tiny shrimps and crabs, while seahorses lurked among algae....- Among the starfish we found the familiar sun stars and cushion stars encountered in Scottish waters as well as purple sun stars.
- To help protect itself from fish and other predators, the cushion star releases huge amounts of mucus.
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