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One Becomes Two
The two new parts of the original Astrophyton animal just weeks after it...
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Brittle Star Splits
A large basket star, Astrophyton muricatum, pulls itself apart into two new...
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Brittle Star Splits
Splitting your body in two is a feat only a few animals can complete, and now...
January 2020

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The Ochre Star
The ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) exhibits the classic five-fold...
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Sand Dollar in the Sea Grass
A sand dollar (Clypeaster reticulatus). ...
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Violet Sea Urchin
A violet sea urchin (Sphaerechinus granularis). ...
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Red Sea Star
A red sea star from the shore of California. ...
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Sea Cucumber Close-up
An Euapta tahitiensis from Hawaii. ...
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Ancient Crinoid
A fossilized Platycrinus basicraniatus, a crinoid from the Mississippi period...
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Blastoid Fossil
A fossilized blastoid from the Smithsonian's collection. ...
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A Drawer from the Collections
A box of sea star Asteria hexactis from the Smithsonian's collection. ...
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