Seamounts of Canada's Large Offshore Pacific Area of Interest (a MLNEP guide) [2020]

A major objective of the Marine Life of the Northeast Pacific (MLNEP) project is to support the accuracy and consistency of taxonomic identification in images, as well as to promote collaboration among stake-holders working within this region (project page: ...more ↓

Brittle star (OTU: EO02) 4
Ophiuroidea (OTU: EO02)
Brittle star (OTU: EO03) 4
Ophiuroidea (OTU: EO03)
Hymenaster, Pink 3
Hymenaster sp.
Wrinkle star 7
Pteraster militaris (OTU: EA14)
Slime Star 8
Pteraster tesselatus
Velcro Star 1
Stylasterias forreri
Sunflower Sea Star 4
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Poraniopsis inflata (EA16) 9
Poraniopsis inflata
Blood stars (OTU: EA05) 5
Henricia spp. (OTU: EA05)
Nearchaster aciculosus (OTU: EA07) 10
Nearchaster aciculosus
Dytaster gilberti 7
Dytaster gilberti (OTU: EA15)

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