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Florometra serratissima
(Common Feather Star)
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2066)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Sitka Sound, SE Alaska
Photographer
Aaron Baldwin
Habitat
Rocky subtidal pinnacles
Photo Date
Upload Date
October 18, 2007
Elevation (m)
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Latitude
UTM Easting
Longitude
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
2066
Notes
This amazing animal can swim by rapidly undulating its arms. This is the only shallow common crinoid found in the Eastern Pacific, although an unidentified stalked crinoid is often seen snagged by deepwater fishing gear in Alaska.
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