Item Type: Video Title: Common sea star Species: Asterias rubens Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- SchiehallionNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Schiehallion Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 350 Latitude: 60 deg 20' 03" N Longitude: 4 deg 05' 56" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Temperate Muddy Sand Rig: Paul B Loyd Junior Project Partners: Transocean, Subsea 7, BP ROV: Pioneer 9 Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 13 March 2007
Item Type: Video Title: Common sea star Species: Asterias rubens Behaviour: Feeding Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- SchiehallionNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Schiehallion Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 350 Latitude: 60 deg 20' 03" N Longitude: 4 deg 05' 56" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Temperate Muddy Sand Rig: Paul B Loyd Junior Project Partners: Transocean, Subsea 7, BP ROV: Pioneer 9 Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 13 March 2007
General view of rounded rocky surface, with very colorful organisms. Large 4-leg sea star in foreground. Some small globular sponges, portion of larger white
These nickel-sized seastars hide beneath rocks during the day and forage at night for small invertebrates such as the margin snail Granulina. Females brood dozens of externally fertilizated eggs beneath their tube feet. Development is direct.
Pisaster ochraceus, generally known as the purple sea star, ochre sea star, or ochre starfish, is a common starfish found among the waters of the Pacific Ocean and along most of athe Alaskan Western shore. It has wasting disease as seen by the decay of tissue.