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Dipsacaster borealis Fisher, 1910
Sea Star
Family: Astropectinidae
Extracted from Sea Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and Puget Sound by Philip Lambert.
Introduction to the Echinoderms of BC

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Distribution of Dipsacaster borealis in British Columbia in British Columbia

Introduction


This orange/peach coloured sea star has rays of about 115 m radius (Jax Shells 2010). It has been trawled at depths of 380 m in Alaska during NOAA/NMFS trawl survey. (radius of rays about 115 mm.). In BC, it has been collected in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) (GBIF 2010). No additional species information is available. A description of the family (Astropectinidae) is provided by Lambert 2000 below.

Distribution

Distribution

Found deeper than 200 metres.

Status Information

Origin StatusProvincial StatusBC List
(Red Blue List)		COSEWIC
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