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Sea Stars, Class Asteroidea

part 10 of 11

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By Bob Fenner

 

Genus Ophidiaster:

Ophidiaster hemprichii Muller & Troschel 1842, Hemprich's Star. Legs round in cross section, of variable color, usually reddish brown, with grey blotches. Body made over with nine rows of articulating plates. To four inches overall. Tropical Pacific. Kona pic.

Pharia/Phataria pyramidata (Gray 1840), the Yellow-Spotted or Pyramid Star. Family Ophidiasteridae. To 9 inches in diameter. Eastern Pacific; Sea of Cortez to Peru and the Galapagos, rocky shores to 130 meters depth. Triangular shaped feet. Puerto Vallarta pic.

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Phataria unifascialis (Gray 1840), the Blue Sea Star. Family Ophidiasteridae. To 7 inches in diameter. Eastern Pacific; Sea of Cortez to Peru and the Galapagos, rocky shores to 50 meters depth. Dorsal surface blue or tan with black pebbled lines, underside orange. Algae feeder. Galapagos pix below.
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