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Mediaster aequalis
Mediaster aequalis
Red Sea Star
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0806 1077 (2006-08-22)

Copyright © 2006 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  1985
  • latitude 36.63593   longitude -121.93217   max error distance 819 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Point Pinos (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Goniasteridae
  • order Valvatida
  • class Asteroidea
  • habitat  Marine
  • notes   Photographed at 20 m. depth. These seastars feed on sponges, bryozoans, sea pens, and scavenge on dead animals.
  • camera   Nikon in Oceanic housing
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Red Sea Star (photographer)
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