Author: (Petit, 1934)
FBname: Star pearlfish
Comments: Common species (Ref. 34024).  Found in starfishes (mainly) and holothurians (Ref. 4104), usually in a male - female pair (Ref. 11228).  Benthic (Ref. 58302).  In Micronesia, it prefers the pincushion starfish <i>Culcita novaeguinae</i> for a host.  Also known to occur in certain holothurians (<i>Bohadschia argus</i>, <i>Stichopus</i> sp.) on rare occasions (Ref. 1602); for the first time with <i>Isostichopus fuscus</i> along the coast of Ecuador (Ref. 57700).