#5026 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

Mottled Star

Evasterias troschelii

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Lorri G. · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Wendy Feltham · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © KJ · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jay Wilson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Maleen Mund · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Comox-Strathcona J, BC, Canada:© Maleen Mund · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Camano, WA, USA:© Ruichen · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Ballard, Seattle, WA, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Jefferson County, WA, USA:© Wendy Feltham · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK, USA:© kmcglothen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Evasterias troschelii is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae. Its common names include the mottled star , false ochre sea star and Troschel's true star . It is found in Kamchatka and the north western coast of North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,518iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).