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Description
Photographed at depth of 30 m on the open coast off Monterey Bay. This is a slow-moving seastar that defends itself by secreting copious amounts of mucus. Other invertebrates in this view include the seastar Dermasteria imbricata and the sea snail Cypraea spadicea.
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Pteraster tesselatus
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© 2006 California Academy of Sciences
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Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Location Created: Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
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- 2011-08-04 16:05:26 UTC
