Ochre Sea Star

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.

Description: Echinoderm on the beach in Nanaimo. British Columbia. Date: 21 March 2011, 22:53. Source: One ocean, please.. Author: Regan Walsh from Barrie, ON, Canada. Camera location49° 14′ 22.25″ N, 124° 00′ 07.81″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 49.239513; -124.002170.

Camera location37° 52′ 01.92″ N, 122° 35′ 35.52″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.867200; -122.593200. Description: English: Purple starfish on a barnacle-covered rock, Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary. Date: 5 August 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Su0427.

Description: English: Purple sea star. Date: 6 August 2017, 15:12:02. Source: Own work. Author: Stella Dahms-May.

Description: Seastars at Cape Kiwanda. Date: 19 June 2011, 10:31. Source: 106_seastars_swingle_odfw. Author: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.

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Agamemnon Channel, Jervis Inlet, British Columbia

Ochre sea star

Ochre sea star

Ochre sea star

Bolinas, California, United States

Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Blaine, Washington, United States

Santa Cruz, California, United States