Une étoile de mer Tournesol orange vif est vu sous l'eau, ses bras écartés rayonnant au fond de la mer avec leurs pieds ambulacraires et les épines bien visibles.

• Contributeur: Laurie MacBride / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: M1GK0M
• Taille du fichier: 34,3 MB (2,1 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 4000 x 3000 px | 33,9 x 25,4 cm | 13,3 x 10 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 4 juillet 2011
• Lieu: Sea Otter Inlet, Hunter Island, British Columbia

Informations supplémentaires

The Sunflower star is found in shallow sub-tidal areas of the northeast Pacific Ocean and is one of the largest sea stars in the world, growing up to a metre in arm span. It begins with just 5 arms, but by maturity can have from 16 to 24 arms. It is an efficient hunter and can move quickly, taking a wide variety of prey. In recent years scientists have observed a serious die-off of Sunflower stars in some areas of the Pacific coast, from a sea star wasting disease and unusually high water temperatures caused by climate change. As of 2018, some populations appeared to have begun at least a partial recovery.; in 2021 it was reported that populations in some specific areas had returned almost to normal.

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• échinoderme
• etoiles de mer
• gaspillage de maladie
• pieds de tube
• pycnopodia helianthoides
• sea stars
• seastars
• sunflower sea star
• underseas
• underwater photography