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By Bob Fenner
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Genus Ophidiaster:
| Ophidiaster hemprichii Muller & Troschel
1842, Hemprich's Star. Legs round in cross section, of
variable color, usually reddish brown, with grey blotches. Body
made over with nine rows of articulating plates. To four inches
overall. Tropical Pacific. Kona pic. |
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| Pharia/Phataria pyramidata (Gray 1840),
the Yellow-Spotted or Pyramid Star. Family Ophidiasteridae. To 9 inches in
diameter. Eastern Pacific; Sea of Cortez to Peru and the Galapagos, rocky
shores to 130 meters depth. Triangular shaped feet. Puerto Vallarta pic. |
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| Phataria unifascialis (Gray 1840), the Blue Sea Star. Family
Ophidiasteridae. To 7 inches in diameter. Eastern Pacific; Sea of Cortez to
Peru and the Galapagos, rocky shores to 50 meters depth. Dorsal surface blue
or tan with black pebbled lines, underside orange. Algae feeder. Galapagos
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