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Ochre Sea Star

Pisaster ochraceus




1 species ID suggestions

misako
misako a year ago
Ochre Sea Star
Pisaster ochraceus Ochre Sea Star

2 Comments

Beautiful!

misako
misako a year ago

While most sea stars of this species are purple, they can be orange, orange-ochre, yellow, reddish, or brown.

Here is a link to my spotting:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/713...

San Diego, California, USA

Lat: 32.84, Long: -117.26

Spotted on Jan 28, 2006
Submitted on Aug 31, 2011

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