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Sunflower Sea Star (Orange Morph)

Pycnopodia helianthoides

Description:

The more uncommon orange morph of the sunflower star. A very large, soft-bodied sea star. It moves relatively fast compared to most other sea stars as it moves upon thousands of tube feet.

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alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Stunning series!

AlexanderStein
Spotted by
AlexanderStein

Newport, Oregon, USA

Spotted on Jul 4, 2012
Submitted on Jul 10, 2012

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