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Nearchaster aciculosus (Fisher, 1910)
Sea Star
Family: Benthopectinidae
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 Nearchaster aciculosus in British Columbia in British Columbia

Introduction


Family Description

Flat body with short arms. The edge of body is sharp; the marginals are minute. The aboral surface is covered with overlapping plates bearing granules or short spinelets. The oral interradial area is also covered with overlapping plates bearing spinelets.


Distribution

Distribution

Found deeper than 200 metres.

Status Information

Origin StatusProvincial StatusBC List
(Red Blue List)		COSEWIC
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