Whew! It's been a busy week. Sorry for the lack of posts! Here's a photo from field work this evening. You might remember that we've been monitoring local sea star populations since 2013. Tonight Eric spotted this juvenile Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) with six arms (they usually have five). We occasionally see six-armed adults, but we haven't seen that many juveniles with this configuration. This individual was ~2.5 cm (~1 inch) across.
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