Brood (Slender) Star (Lepasterias spp.)

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Common name:  slender sea star, brood sea star

Scientific name:  Lepasterias spp.

Locations:  shallow waters of the coast, attached to rocks, in cracks and crevices

Seasonality:  available all year

Color:  purple, green, grey

Size:  3” - 12”

Collected:  by hand

Quantity:  sold by the each

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Common name:  slender sea star, brood sea star

Scientific name:  Lepasterias spp.

Locations:  shallow waters of the coast, attached to rocks, in cracks and crevices

Seasonality:  available all year

Color:  purple, green, grey

Size:  3” - 12”

Collected:  by hand

Quantity:  sold by the each

Common name:  slender sea star, brood sea star

Scientific name:  Lepasterias spp.

Locations:  shallow waters of the coast, attached to rocks, in cracks and crevices

Seasonality:  available all year

Color:  purple, green, grey

Size:  3” - 12”

Collected:  by hand

Quantity:  sold by the each

See and learn about these unique 'starfish' that hold and protect their young offspring as they grow.


Tidepool Tim says,  “This star is a forager and predator. It’s relatively flat with characteristically slender arms. It has a relatively small disc and five arms. These stars are photosensitive, meaning they have exterior photoreceptor proteins in their cell walls which inform their brain of the time of day. With this information, these stars spend the daylight hours buried in sediment.”

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