#solasteridae

[snototter]

A morning sun star (Solaster dawsoni), Vancouver Island, British Columbia

by Ewan Tregarot 

[todropscience]

ECHINODERM DIVERSITY

Various sea star species collected during leg 4 of the spring bottom trawl survey aboard the Henry B. Bigelow. Purple solasterids, also known as sun stars, stand out, as does the rose star at center right. A sea urchin is in the lower left corner.

Credit: Heidi Marotta, NEFSC/NOAA