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Image de Pteraster tesselatus Ives 1888

Image de Pteraster tesselatus Ives 1888

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Photographed at depth of 30 m on the open coast off Monterey Bay. This is a slow-moving seastar that defends itself by secreting copious amounts of mucus. Other invertebrates in this view include the seastar Dermasteria imbricata and the sea snail Cypraea spadicea.

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2006 California Academy of Sciences
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