Pisaster brevispinus; Short Spined Sea Star; <small>(shown with Crassedoma giganteum, Mytilus californianus)</small>

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Pisaster brevispinus; Short Spined Sea Star; (shown with Crassedoma giganteum, Mytilus californianus)

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Pisaster brevispinus
Short Spined Sea Star
(shown with Crassedoma giganteum, Mytilus californianus)

Photographer: Joseph Dougherty

ID: 0000 0000 0204 0155 (2004-02-06)

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date of photo 2000

location Underneath oil drilling platform off the coast of Long Beach. (Los Angeles County, California, US)

notes Seastar feasting on the abundance of sessile bivalves on the piers.

contributor's ID # 2000_11_01_04_09

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Short Spined Sea Star (photographer)

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