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Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Sunflower Star Star, Pycnopodia helianthoides, is found on a variety of subtidal bottoms andin extremely low intertidal zones from Unalaska Island, Alaska, to BajaCalifornia, Mexico. The largest, heaviest, and quickest moving sea star, itmeasures up to 90 cm in diameter. Color ranges from orange to purplish.
Location
North Puget Sound, Anacortes, Washington
Collection
NERR
Fauna
Keywords
Estuaries
Fauna
Marine