The next image shows the entire animal:
Bat Star (Patiria miniata), photographed in Pacific Grove, CA. In the first photo, the little bumpy curved purple and cream-colored pieces are spines. Aren't they intriguing?
We were impressed with the diversity of Bat Star color morphs we saw this afternoon — red, orange, gray, brown, in various mottled combinations.
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I love a bat star's spines. The surface has an interesting pattern to the naked eye, but they seem to bloom when magnified... wow!
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