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Patiriella calcar
This seastar normally has eight arms, but sometimes 7 and 9 armed individuals are found. This is a moderately large seastar with clear-cut, short, tapering, pointed arms. Colour: The colour on top is extremely varied and often beautiful. Colours may include many colours of the spectrum including white, grey, cream, orange, red, brown, green, blue, mauve and black, often mottled and varied. Underneath uniformly pale.
This is one seastar which is restricted to the tidal region and just below. Abundant in shallow rock pools, in cracks and in deep pools near the low tide region. Many often occurring together.
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How perfectly wonderful! How colourful! Super captures MacChristiansen
Happy 2019, everyone.
Gorgeous series Mac,just beautiful,perfect to the ocasion Danièle and a happy new year to all :-)
Hard to believe these colorful sea stars have never been rewarded! Today is the day! Happy New Year to you Mac, and to all in the Project Noah community. Thank you for your contributions all these years!
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For sure Brian :-)
Obviously the inspiration behind the Antikythera mechanism.
Thanks FelixO
Thanks venusflytrap2000, I was able to touch them, they had a very rough texture, almost like sandpaper
Thanks Gerardo
great colors!
so mac, what did they feel like? were you able to touch them?
love that last one...
Wow fantastic
Thanks ceejayalyssa
pretty colors~
Thanks Andrea Lim
Wonderful series of photos Mac. Great spotting!
Thanks injica
Wonderful, especially this 1st photo where they are all together! Tnx for sharing :)
Found them like this, then separated them for individual photos Maria
I'm curious like ShannaB - did you find these all together like this?
Thanks Daniel
Thanks Jonathan
CCChhhuuuzzzooo
Thanks Reza
One big colorful family.