Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) and Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus). The sunflower sea star is a common sea star that is distributed from the Aleutian Islands to San Diego, California and found from the inter-tidal to depths of 400m. Photographed underwater in British Columbia. Phylum Echinodermata, Class Asteroidea, Order Forcipulatida, Suborder Asteriadina, Family Asteriidae
The Rose Anemone (Urticina piscivora) photographed underwater in Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada.