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Pisaster brevispinus
Pisaster brevispinus
Short Spined Sea Star
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0806 1081 (2006-08-22)

Copyright © 2006 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  1983
  • latitude 36.51884   longitude -121.93850   max error distance 275 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Asteriidae
  • order Forcipulatida
  • class Asteroidea
  • notes   Photographed at 16 m. This sea star is a predator of clams, snails, and sand dollars. Also, they scavenge on dead fish and squid.
  • camera   Nikon in Oceanic housing
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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