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Sea Life & Seaweed

Sea life from the Northern Atlantic Ocean. 50 degree F salt water species. Gulf of Maine Inc. supplies sea life, beach plants, and aquarium substrates from Maine, collected by hand.

Aquarium substrates

Arthropods

Bony fishes

Brachiopods

Bryozoa

Cartilaginous fishes

Cnidaria

Echinoderms

Gulf of Maine assortments

Macroalgae

Molluscs

Plankton

Saltwater plants

Sponges

Tunicates

Worms

Purple (Smooth) Sunstar (Solaster endeca)

Purple (Smooth) Sunstar (Solaster endeca)

from $75.00

Common name:  purple smooth sun star

Scientific name:  Solaster endeca

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

Seasonality:  available all year

Color:  purple

Size:  4” - 10”

Collected:  by hand

Quantity:  sold by the each

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A purple sunstar on my hand.

A purple sunstar on my hand.

Tidepool Tim says,  Solaster endeca is a predator, even feeding on other sea stars! Many grow to be 16 inches in diameter, while an 8 inch diameter is average. Not only is this star remarkably large, it has 9 - 13 arms (each with an eye!) around a heavy disc.”

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Brood (Slender) Star (Lepasterias spp.)

from $50.00
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Gulf of Maine Sea Stars (5 Species)

from $200.00
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Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)

from $45.00
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Forbes' Sea Star (Asterias forbesi)

from $50.00
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Dwarf Brittlestar (Axiognathus squamata)

$60.00