Culcita Coniifolia
''Culcita'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to: * ''Culcita'' (echinoderm), a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae * ''Culcita'' (plant), a genus of ferns in the family Culcitaceae {{Genus disambiguation ...
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Culcita (echinoderm)
''Culcita'' is a genus of cushion stars. They are found in tropical waters. Some are kept in home aquariums. Description and characteristics These are very particular stars, plump and pillow-shaped, more or less pentagonal. Their five arms have waned to only obtuse angles (and sometimes rounded off or truncated). They can measure up to 30 cm in diameter, and are typical of Indo-Pacific coral reefs, where they feed on benthic invertebrates and coral. Two species '' Culcita novaeguineae'' and ''Culcita schmideliana'' are extremely similar and almost impossible to differentiate by sight, except that ''C. schmideliana'' has larger tubercles, that are normally absent from papular areas (though both species can also be naked). They are thus distinguished mostly by their area of distribution: ''C. schmideliana'' lives in the Indian Ocean (from Africa to the Maldives), and ''C. novaeguineae'' in Oceania and the Pacific Ocean. The third species, ''C. coriacea'', lives in the Red ...
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