Solaster stimpsoni  (Striped Sun Star)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2056)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Sitka Sound, SE Alaska
Photographer	Aaron Baldwin
Habitat	Rocky areas
Photo Date
Upload Date	October 18, 2007
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Photo ID #	2056
Comments	Almost always red or orange with a blue stripe running down the arms. In captivity seemed to prefer the orange sea cucumber Cucumeria miniata and in turn were preyed upon by the morning sunstar Solaster dawsoni.