OuiSi Nature · Card 19
Pyramid Sea Star
Pharia pyramidata
- Location
- Loreto National Park, Mexico
- Date
- September 12, 2006
Photograph byOctavio AburtoDescription
Pyramid Sea Stars have a small central disc and long arms that have rounded tips. These Sea Stars reach 30 cm (12 inches) in diameter. They may be brown, gray, lavender or tan in color depending on their diet, with yellow to orangish spots on the discs arranged in rows on the arms. The Pyramid Sea Star is found on and under rocks from the intertidal zone to depths up to 140 meters.
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The photographer
Octavio Aburto
Professional photographer associated at the iLCP and a Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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