Aulactinia vancouverensis  (no common name)

Photo of Aulactinia vancouverensis by <a href="http://www.seastarsofthepacificnorthwest.info/">Neil McDaniel</a>

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #58537)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location Pearse Islands, Weynton Passage
Photographer Neil McDaniel
Habitat rocky subtidal
Photo Date
Upload Date December 21, 2013
Elevation (m)
Latitude 50.58775
Longitude -126.833366666667
Photo ID # 58537
Comments A medium sized rose-coloured species abundant near the northern end of Vancouver Island, but not widespread in southern BC waters. It looks superficially like Cribrinopsis fernaldi. Described by Sanamyan, Sanamyan & McDaniel 2013. See Invert. Zool. Vol. 10. No. 2. P. 199-216.