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Dermasterias imbricata
Leather Star
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0314 2542 (2014-03-29)Copyright © 2014 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Feb 25, 2014
location
Pillar Point. Princeton (Santa Cruz County, California, US)family
Asteropseidae
order
Valvatida
class Asteroidea
notes Specimen is showing signs of sea star wasting syndrome. The mysterious disease appeared in summer 2013 in British Columbia and quickly spread to the West Coast of United States. Populations of several species of sea stars have suffered extremely heavy mortality. As the desease progresses, arms of the sea star wither away or become detached.camera Canon EOS 7D, 50mm, f/7.1, 1/1000 sec.
photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other
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Leather Star (photographer)
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