The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and ... including several in the Bay Area and Monterey County.

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and ... including several in the Bay Area and Monterey County.

The disease usually affects one species, Pisaster ochraceus, an orange and purple starfish that grows up to 20 inches wide and is a staple of West Coast tide pools. The starfish dine on mussels ...

Purple and orange starfish clutch the rocks ... Looking out at the rising tide on Eastsound, Harvell said, “This area has some of the highest biodiversity of sea stars in the world.

The sticky extension allows the drifting, diminutive starfish to firmly fasten itself to seaweed and rocks. As they enter adulthood, the larvae reabsorb their larval arms, becoming the fiery orange ...

live in open areas and are a more curiously distinctive bright orange. (See “Starfish are Still Dying But Here’s Reason For Hope.”) He also likes Akelbaster novacaledoniae, a compact little ...

(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group ... The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can ...