Bat Star (Asterina miniata) Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides). 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
Purple-Hinge Rock Scallops (Crassadoma gigantea) are revealed by their mantles.
An Orange-Peel Nudibranch (Tochuina tetraquetra) climbs a ledge.