This guide was started in order to give some information about the marine biodiversity in the gulf of Thailand. Increasingly, the region has to cope with effects of climate change, tourism, industrialization and agriculture.
Culcita novaeguineae (common name, cushion star) is a species of starfish. It has short arms and an inflated appearance and resembles a pentagonal pincushion. It is variable in colour and can be found in tropical warm waters in the Indo-Pacific.