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Updated 12/5/2012

Family Asteriidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Pisaster ochraceus

Goldfish Bowl, Anacapa, CA, 25 feet

 

Nanaimo, BC, 6 feet

Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 5 feet

OCHRE STAR

Common on rock & man-made structures at any depth.  Orange or purple.  Attains 14 inches.  Alaska to outer Baja California.