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Sea
Stars
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Tropical
Storm Hannah departed from Sunset Beach. NC, and Little River,
SC, on 9/6/08. after making landfall the preceding evening.
At low tide I found the island looking like Mars, with sea stars
everywhere covered with sand. A woman and I rinsed them off
in the inlet and sorted them.
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Purple
Star
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I
brought some sea stars home to save in case an agency wanted
them. Unfortunately, the "stone" of my aerator backed
its way out of their container during the night. Some of them
died. The best species, even the broken purple one, are now
frozen for scientific use.
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Sea Star, species unknown
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Luidia
clathrata, 12/02/06, Sunset Beach, NC
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Luidia
clathrata, striped Sea star found on Sunset Beach, 11/22/06
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An
unusual sea star for here, Luidia alternata, found on 09/01/06
on Sunset Beach the day after Tropical Storn Ernesto
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Forbes
Sea Star found on Sunset Beach on 11/2/06
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Astropecten
articulatus, beaded or marginated sea star, found on Sunset
Beach on 10/22/06, and another from 11/20/06
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Luidia
clathrata, Left and another Luidia, Right
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Sanibel
Bay Sea Star
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Luidia
senegalensis found on Sanibel Island, Florida
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Brittle
Stars
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Brittle
stars found on in seaweed from Edisto Beach, SC, on 3/4/07 --
they were each about four inches wide while curled.
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Ophiolepsis
elegans -- I think! The right one was 5" wide and found
on Sunset Beach, NC, on 10/21/06
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Brittle
Stars, Ophiothrix angulata, found in seaweed
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Brittle
star and macro photo of its disk
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Sea
Cucumbers
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Hairy Sea Cucumbers found on Sunset Beach, 11/2/06 -- 1st 3
photos
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Hairy
Sea Cucumber found on Sunset Beach, NC, 11/14/06
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Hairy
Sea Cucumber, Sclerodactyla briareus
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Striped
Sea Cucumber, Thyonella gemmata Pourtales
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Unidentified
sea cucumber
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Hairy
Sea Cucumber, Sclerodactyla briareus --
the one on the right is in my salt water aquarium
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Sea
Urchins
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Sea
urchinm probably Lytechinus variegatus
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Aristotle's
Lantern -- Center "infrastructure" of Sea Urchin
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Sea
urchin anus
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Sea
Urchin tests
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Sand
Dollars
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Sand
Dollars -- left, with Aristotle's Lanterns, center "infrastructure
of" sand dollar
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Sand
Dollars -- live, emerging from sand
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Sand
dollars encrusted with sabellariid worm tubes
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Portions
of sand dollar viewed through microscope
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