The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Close-up of the upper surface of a Bat Star ( Patiria miniata ).  Those are  papulae (in purple) among  clusters of spines (in pink).  (...

A mystery close-up for you.  Can you tell what type of organism this is?   The next image shows the entire animal:     B...

  Some nice examples of juvenile Bat Stars ( Patiria miniata ) raised in the lab.  Each one is less than 1 cm across.  Many thanks to E...

Have you been looking up at the stars recently? This morning we were looking down at some.  Here's a nicely patterned and textured juv...

  Juvenile Bat Star ( Patiria miniata ), only a few days after metamorphosis. I first wrote about beautiful little sea stars like t...

  A seven-armed Bat Star ( Patiria miniata ) for 7 March 2017. P.S.  Bat Stars typically have five arms.  We've encountered som...

If you've been following this blog for a little while, you might remember a story about some Bat Stars (Patiria miniata) that Eric rai...

Are some of you wondering what happened to the little Bat Stars (Patiria miniata) that Eric raised in the lab?  (If you don't know abou...