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Sun star (Crossaster papposus) attacking a sea urchin
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Description: Starfish Crossaster papposus surrounded by some brittle stars Ophiothrix fragilis. Item Type: Image Title: Crossaster papposus Species: Crossaster papposus, Ophiothrix fragilis Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LagganNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Laggan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 73 Latitude: 60 deg 27' 43" N Longitude: 1 deg 04' 06" E Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Fugro Mercator Project Partners: Total ROV: Seaeye Tiger Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 22 October 2010
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Collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit:
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.
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Description: Starfish present Crossaster papposus with bryozoans Flustra foliacea and Hydroids Nemertesia antennina Item Type: Image Title: Crossaster papposus Species: Crossaster papposus, Flustra foliacea, Nemertesia antennina Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LagganNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Laggan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 57 Latitude: 60 deg 28' 03" N Longitude: 1 deg 02' 59" E Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Fugro Mercator Project Partners: Total ROV: Seaeye Tiger Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 22 October 2010
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Sun star, Crossaster papposus
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Description: Large dense grouping of brittle stars Ophiothrix fragilis with a starfish Crossaster papposus Item Type: Image Title: Ophiothrix fragilis Species: Ophiothrix fragilis, Crossaster papposus Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LagganNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Laggan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 65 Latitude: 60 deg 28' 15" N Longitude: 1 deg 01' 47" E Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Fugro Mercator Project Partners: Total ROV: Seaeye Tiger Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 22 October 2010
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Description: Starfish Crossaster sp. Item Type: Image Title: Crossaster sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Crossaster papposus Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 15 December 2010
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Description: A spectacular red sunstar Item Type: Image Title: Red Sunstar Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Crossaster papposus Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LancasterNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Lancaster Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 147 Latitude: 60 deg 11' 13" N Longitude: 3 deg 51' 18" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: benthic Rig: Sedco 712 Project Partners: Hurricane Energy, Transocean, Fugro ROV: FCV609 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 11 September 2014
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2006 California Academy of Sciences
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This seastar is a known predator of other seastars.
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Description: Starfish Crossaster sp. Item Type: Image Title: Crossaster sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Crossaster sp. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 13 December 2010
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2009 California Academy of Sciences
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Description: Starfish crossaster sp. possibly a juvenille c. papposus Item Type: Image Title: Crossaster sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Crossaster sp. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 14 December 2010
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Description: A crossaster on the seafloor. Item Type: Image Title: Seastar Crossaster squamatus Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Crossaster squamatus Behaviour: On the seafloor, possibly feeding. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- TornadoNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Tornado Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1050 Latitude: 60 deg 33' 44" N Longitude: 4 deg 27' 23" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: benthic Rig: Stena Carron Project Partners: OMV, Oceaneering, Stena ROV: Magnum 156 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 23 December 2009
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Some S. dawsoni have a color pattern on the aboral surface, but note there are no blue-gray stripes running down the rays.
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This individual is more blue than usual and appears to be devouring Robbie Wheeling. Note tape on lab in background--the major 2002 lab fire had just occurred.
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Ecomare, Peter van der Wolf
Ecomare
Common sun star; Zonnester.
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A view of the oral side of S. dawsoni
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Seasters breathe and rid themselves of wastes via coelomic pouches or papulae that they extrude through their skin when underwater. The extruded papulae give them a fuzzy appearance when underwater. Photo of Solaster stimpsoni by Dave Cowles, Jule 2005.
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2015 California Academy of Sciences
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Another view of the open mouth, this time underwater through aquarium glass.
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Solaster stimpsoni subtidal from Sares Head, WA. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, 1997)
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2015 California Academy of Sciences
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The aboral ossicles or paxillae are well separated. These are magnified.
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Various color forms can be found. Animals from 100 m depth, San Juan Channel. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2000