Jun 17, 2025
A purple sunstar (Solaster endeca) in the White Sea
by Alexander Semenov
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A purple sunstar (Solaster endeca) in the White Sea
by Alexander Semenov
Sea stars by David Hall
Top left: Ocellate sea star (Nectria ocellata)
Top right: Spiny sea star (Hippasteria spinosa)
Bottom left: Stimpson's sun star (Solaster stimpsoni)
Bottom right: Ochre sea stars (Pisaster ochraceous)
I love it when game have randomise name features.
Dorcas: Golden Dragonborn, Loremaster Wizard.
Close-up detail of the striped sunstar (Solaster stimpsoni)
Photo by Shane Gross
A morning sun star (Solaster dawsoni), Vancouver Island, British Columbia
by Ewan Tregarot
Solaster stimpsoni “Stimpson’s Sun Star” Asteroidea, with Ulva lactuca “Sea Lettuce” Chlorophyta
Point Robinson, Vashon Island, WA July 4, 2012 Robert Niese
Solaster sea stars tend to be a more subtidal echinoderm, so we only really get to enjoy them as beachgoers at especially low summer tides. This species is a voracious hunter of sea cucumbers which are common in rocky inter- and subtidal ecosystems. However, this individual was hunting in open sand before it was stranded by the tide, which suggests it might have been feeding on the plentiful sea pens which occur in these areas instead. This species of sea star is the host of a commensal scale worm which can be found hiding in the groove between the paired tube feet on the underside of each arm.
the ocean is beautiful