#sea star

[samimarkart]

basket star ⭐️

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[vangoghcore]

by dslaterphoto

[amnhnyc]

🍪 Feeling hungry? Well, despite its name, the chocolate chip sea star (Protoreaster nodosus) probably wouldn’t taste very good. To start, those “chips” aren't chocolate at all… they’re tubercles, or knobs, and they’re unique to each sea star. No two individuals have the same arrangement of tubercles!

Like many other sea stars, this marine invertebrate eats by pushing its stomach out of its mouth, covering its meal, and then digesting it externally. This critter inhabits the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, where it might be spotted around coral reefs or seagrass beds. It can grow up to 12 inches (30 cm) across.

Photo: woodgreg, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

[beautyunderthewaves]

Francisco Jesús Navarro Hernández

[stuffifindonlinesometimes]

Pancake Sea Creatures Keychain Blind Box

[mockingnerd]

Holy shit I finally finished it! The interconnectivity of the British Columbian marine ecosystem is one of my favourite things in the world, so here are a few treasured icons.

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[seekdestr0y]

Half Moon Bay, CA

[colorsoutofearth]

Close-up of the skin of a vermillion sea star (Mediaster aequalis)

Photos by Shane Gross

[maxyvert]

🐠Mermay 5-6 🐠 The first one is actually a rewdraw from 2012! Looks like I already deleted the original post so you can see it under the cut. 🐠1-2🐠    🐠3-4🐠    🐠7-8🐠     🐠9-10🐠

[wolfcomix]

Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park

[stan-actias-luna]

starfish can turn themselves inside out

call that an invertebrate

[gringadano]

[rootbeer-queer]

I would LOVE a tardigrade emoji.

[beautyunderthewaves]

Chocolate Chip Sea Star Appreciation ⭐️

[sarahmackattack]

New "Learn More About the Shore" Wheatpastes about to go out in Philly.

I'm going to put these up in Philly. Fuck it. I feel self-conscious about any art that doesn't have a squid in it (I don't feel like I'm any good at non-squid), but I am trying to CHALLENGE myself artistically.