NerdsforNature.org - Nightlife @ the California Academy of Sciences (3.6.14)

Ready to do some fieldwork? The California Academy of Sciences is home to bountiful magnificent plants and animals... many are elusive and rare in the wild. See if you can level up on your scientific observation skills by finding and reporting all of following species.

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Bat Star

The Bat star (Asterina miniata), also known as Sea bat, Webbed star, Bat Man and Broad-disk star, is an echinoderm of class Asteroidea (commonly known as sea stars). It typically has five arms, with the center disk of the animal being much wider than the stubby arms are in length. Although the bat star usually has five arms, it sometimes has as ...more ↓

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