Summary[edit] Description: Look carefully to see how the hair is being pulled with the pedicellariae of this Echinoderm. The pedicellariae are fork like structures the sea stars and sea urchins use to clean their skin. The sea stars have 2 fork like structures and the sea urchins have three. They are microscopic and similar to fondue forks. Date: 4 March 2008, 12:13. Source: Ocher Star (Pisaster ochraceus). Author: Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif.
Summary[edit] Description: Sclerasterias, 110 mm. Ninety miles offshore of Delaware Bay. Collected by VIMS Scallop Survey. Photo by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Date: 8 December 2015, 10:50. Source: Sclerasterias_(I1857)_0526. Author: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
RECOLNAT (ANR-11-INBS-0004) - Marie HENNION - 2017
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Summary[edit] Description: Français : Coronaster briareusSpécimen MNHN-IE-2014-276, sous la dénomination Coronaster parfaiti Perrier, 1885Collection : Échinodermes (IE)Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France) Origine : Libellé du pays : ARCHIPEL DU CAP VERT Localité/Lieu-dit : île de Santo Antao Expédition : TALISMAN 1883 Navire : Talisman Type : Navire océanographique Numéro de station : DR103 Date de récolte : 1883-07-19 Profondeur (mètres) : 225. Date: 8 March 2017. Source: RECOLNAT (ANR-11-INBS-0004). Author: RECOLNAT (ANR-11-INBS-0004) - Marie HENNION - 2017.
Summary[edit] Description: Just checking to see how many of you can find the madreporite? It is pretty obvious on this Pisaster. Date: 9 December 2011, 18:36. Source: Madreporite Hunt. Author: Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif.
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Summary[edit] Description: Orthasterias koehleri - Carmel, California. Date: Taken on 20 April 2013, 08:56. Source: Rainbow Star. Author: Ed Bierman from CA, usa.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Asterias rollestoni Bell, 1881 - Preserved specimen - Dry ossicles, pedicellaria Asterias rollestoni (YPM IZ 080407). Digital Image: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History; photo by Daniel J. Drew 2016 ; Location Country or area Japan Municipality Sagami Bay State province Kanagawa Prefecture Water body Pacific Ocean. Source: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1269525403. Author: Daniel J. Drew Gall L (2019). Invertebrate Zoology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. Yale University Peabody Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0lkr3w accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-02-04. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1269525403.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Astrometis sertulifera (Xantus, 1860) - Preserved specimen - Paratype Orthasterias gonolena (YPM IZ 083227). Digital Image: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History; photo by Daniel J. Drew 2010 Location Country or area United States of America County San Diego County Municipality San Diego State province California Water body Pacific Ocean. Source: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1274897662. Author: Daniel J. Drew Gall L (2019). Invertebrate Zoology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. Yale University Peabody Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0lkr3w accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-02-24. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1274897662.