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Morning sun star

Solaster dawsoni

Classification

Solaster dawsoni, the morning sun star, is a species of starfish in the family Solasteridae. It is found on either side of the northern Pacific Ocean. It has two subspecies: Solaster dawsoni arcticus Verrill, 1914 Solaster dawsoni dawsoni Verrill, 1880 Description The morning sun star has a wide disc and 8 to 13 (usually 11 or 12) long, tapering arms, often with turned-up tips.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 254Canada · 31