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Pteraster tesselatus
Pacific Cushion Star

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0806 0544 (2006-08-10)

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date of photo between 1980 and 1986

location Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Pterasteridae

order Spinulosida

class Asteroidea

habitat Marine

notes Photographed at depth of 30 m on the open coast off Monterey Bay. This is a slow-moving seastar that defends itself by secreting copious amounts of mucus. Other invertebrates in this view include the seastar Dermasteria imbricata and the sea snail Cypraea spadicea.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Pacific Cushion Star (photographer)

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