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Leather Sea Star

Photo by mrsangevine
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Field Notes

Description:

Leathery skin texture, deep purple with white accents in color.
Diameter: aprox. 8 inches

Habitat:

Tide pools in Seal Cove, San Francisco.
Cold and rocky tide pools.

Reference Links:

Starfish

Species ID Suggestions

Ochre sea star

Pisaster ochraceus

Reference Link
vanhevel
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Comments (1)
Seema
Its the species I had seen few days back in Corona del Mar beach
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 2, 2012

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