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starfish

Description:

this starfish resembles an Indian rug very much. it has orange, red, and black blotches.

Habitat:

in the ocean

Notes:

when i found an odd shape in the sand i didn't know what to do. turns out, this brilliant starfish buried itself in the sand!

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3 Comments

ulvalactuca77
ulvalactuca77 12 years ago

Good find, I love echinoderms!

EllaSagarin
EllaSagarin 12 years ago

my dad's a marine biologist, and even though i know that "sea star" is the correct way to say it, my dad says "star fish" is also fine.

ulvalactuca77
ulvalactuca77 12 years ago

Sea Star :)

EllaSagarin
Spotted by
EllaSagarin

San Diego, Mexico

Spotted on Nov 13, 2011
Submitted on Nov 19, 2011

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