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Help ID'ing These Stars
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:22 pm
by dwashbur
I suspect they're both the same kind. They were maybe 5" across each. My daughter thinks they're just your basic ochre stars, juveniles maybe, I'm not so sure. I found them both within about 50 feet of each other around the Narrows Bridge yesterday (2-3-08).
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:30 am
by dwashbur
Anybody figure this out yet? I'm insanely curious, not to mention impatient
Re: Help ID'ing These Stars
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:42 pm
by whatevah
dwashbur wrote:I suspect they're both the same kind. They were maybe 5" across each. My daughter thinks they're just your basic ochre stars, juveniles maybe, I'm not so sure. I found them both within about 50 feet of each other around the Narrows Bridge yesterday (2-3-08).
I think your daughter is right. The second specimen has unusual (by my own experience) coloration but they certainly fit the description for Pisaster ochraceus.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:49 pm
by LCF
I'm no critter maven at all, but I was taught that the pentagon on the central disc was positive identification of an ochre star.