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This pink cushion sea star looks like an underwater pillow! Nature always has the coolest surprises—check out this amazing find! 🤩🐠 #SeaStarDiscovery #PinkCushionStar #MarineLife # ...
This amazing sea star is like a living cushion covered in tiny spines! Nature is full of surprises—check out this cool underwater find! 🌊🐠 #SeaStarDiscovery #OceanLife #MarineExploration # ...
These sea stars, commonly called starfish, are really bizarre creatures.
The granulated sea star (Choriaster granulatus) has many nicknames: cushion sea star, doughboy star, big-plated sea star, and others pertaining to its characteristic plumpness. The only species in ...
Red Cushion Sea Star National Museum of Natural History Object Details Discipline Invertebrate Zoology Description This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in ...
I was scuba diving one day off our North Shore at about 60 feet deep, when I came upon an amazing sight and shot a video of a bright red cushion sea star. In 1933, eleven sugar plantations ...
At left is a red cushion sea star. At right, a micro-CT scan of a sea star shows the digestive system (yellow), nervous system (blue), muscles (red) and water vascular system (purple). At left is ...
Two sea star species thrive beneath waves off the coast of Australia. Upon cursory examination, they are very similar. Both are cushion stars—a group of slightly plump sea stars—and both are ...