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Family Asterinidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Asterina miniata

Rock Quarry, Catalina, California, 70 feet

 

Yawatano, Izu, Japan, 8 feet

BAT STAR

Locally common on hard or soft bottom at any depth.  Color variable.  Attains 8 inches.  Northern Pacific; Japan to Alaska, south to outer Baja California.  Formerly known as Patria miniata.