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The Intertidal Wilderness
A Photographic Journey through Pacific Coast Tidepools
Anne Wertheim Rosenfeld
Plate 46: The bat star, Asterina miniata
These starfish feed on a wide range of items in a remarkable variety of ways. When their stomachs are extended, they could be scavenging, digesting detrital materials, consuming recently settled larvae, or even suspension feeding.
Copyright 2002 by Anne Wertheim Rosenfeld. Not to be reproduced without written permission of the publisher.