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Astropecten platyacanthus
Astropecten platyacanthus
Description Rab (Croatia) It has narrow and high superomarginal plates, laterally covered with scales and small spines (on vertical face). Every superomarginal plates usually is equipped with one strong spine, usually sharp but irregularly shaped, slightly flattened laterally, often yellow or orange but rarely off white. The superomarginal spines are (more or less) far from the inside edge of plates and they leave on top, on the base of them, a small bare area that it is white if there is a strong spine in the plate (usually in the plates near the disc) or blue-violet if the plate has very small spine or no spine (usually towards the tip of arms). Author Pillon, Roberto ·  JPG file - 256.42 kB - 800 x 600 pixelsmore
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Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon PowerShot A650 IS
Original Time Taken: 2011:05:14 19:07:41
Time Digitized: 2011:05:14 19:07:41
Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO Sensitivity: 80
Exposure Compensation: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average
Flash Fired: Compulsory Flash
Original Width: 4000 pixels
Original Height: 3000 pixels
White Balance: 1
Focal Length: 7.4 mm
Focal Length Equivalent in 35mm Film: 34.610700918701
added on 2012-02-11959 viewsERMS taxa Astropecten platyacanthus (Philippi, 1837) Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License
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