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Not just Shark Pictures: Elasmodiver contains photos of sharks, skates, rays, and chimaera's from around the world. It began as a simple web based field guide to help divers find the best places to encounter different species of sharks and rays but it has slowly evolved into a much larger project containing information on all aspects of shark diving and photography. There are now more than a thousand shark pictures  and sections on shark evolution, biology, and conservation. There is a large library of reviewed shark books, a constantly outdated shark taxonomy page, a monster list of shark links, and deeper in the site there are numerous articles and stories about shark encounters. Elasmodiver is now so difficult to check for updates, that new information and pictures are listed on an Elasmodiver Updates Page that can be accessed here:

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If you're looking for a broader range of marine life pictures the following links represent a new area that contains pictures on other marine organisms and on marine habitats. This expansion of Elasmodiver is in its first stages but will eventually include pages on everything from sea stars to nudibranchs. Creating this portal will take time and for now it consists of a token offering of fish pictures. Please return regularly to enjoy the progress.

 

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BC Marinelife

Phylum Echinodermata: Sea stars, Brittle stars, Feather stars, Sea cucumbers, Sea urchins, and Sand dollars.

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 Class Asteroidea - Sea stars, Brittle stars, and Basket stars.

Striped sunstar - Solaster stimpsoni

Striped sunstar - Solaster stimpsoni

Striped sunstar - Solaster stimpsoni

Morning sunstar - Solaster dawsoni

Northern sunstar - Solaster endeca

Northern sunstar - Solaster endeca

Northern sunstar - Solaster endeca

Morning sunstar - Solaster dawsoni

Northern sunstar - Solaster endeca

Sunstar spp. juvenile

Painted star - Orthasterias koehleri

Painted star - Orthasterias koehleri

Black star - Stylasterias forreri

Cushion star - Pteraster tesselatus

Cushion star - Pteraster tesselatus

Cushion star - Pteraster tesselatus

Cushion star - Pteraster tesselatus

Cushion star - Pteraster tesselatus

Cookie star - Ceramaster patagonicus

Arctic cookie star - Ceramaster arcticus

Spiny red star - Hippasteria spinosa

Leather star - Dermastrias imbricata

Leather star - Dermastrias imbricata

Bat star -  Asterina miniata

Vermillion star - Mediaster aequalis 

Vermillion star - Mediaster aequalis 

Vermillion star - Mediaster aequalis

Gunpowder star - Gephyreaster swifti

Sunflower star - Pycnopodia helianthoides

Sunflower star juvenile - Pycnopodia helianthoides

Sunflower star - Pycnopodia helianthoides

 

Rose star - Crossaster papposus

Rose star - Crossaster papposus

Rose star - Crossaster papposus

Fat Henricia - Henricia sanguinolenta

Mottled star - Evasterias troschelii

Mottled star - Evasterias troschelii

Spiny pink star - Pisaster brevispinus

Spiny pink star - Pisaster brevispinus

Six ray star - Leptasterias hexactis

Six ray star - Leptasterias hexactis

Ochre star - Pisaster ochraceus

Ochre star sub adult - Pisaster ochraceus

Ochre star - Pisaster ochraceus

Ochre star - Pisaster ochraceus

Ochre star - Pisaster ochraceus

Blood star - Henricia leviuscula

Blood star - Henricia leviuscula

Blood star - Henricia leviuscula

Blood star - Henricia leviuscula

Blood star - Henricia leviuscula

Blood star spp?

Spiny mudstar - Luidia foliolata

Spiny mudstar - Luidia foliolata

Brittle star spp.

Grey Brittle star - Ophiura lutkeni

Grey Brittle star - Ophiura lutkeni

Daisy brittle star - Ophiopholis aculeata

Daisy brittle star - Ophiopholis aculeata

Long arm brittle star - Amphioda urtica

Basket star - Gorgonocephalus eucnemis

Basket star - Gorgonocephalus eucnemis

Basket star - Gorgonocephalus eucnemis

Class Echinoidea - Sea urchins and Sand dollars.

Red sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus fransiscanus

Red sea urchin juvenile? - Strongylocentrotus fransiscanu

Purple sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Wite sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus pallidus

Green sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Green sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Green sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Eccentric sand dollar - Dendraster excentricus

Class Crinoidia - Crinoids.

Feather star - Florometra serratissima

Feather star - Florometra serratissima

   

Class Holothuroidea - Sea cucumbers.

Pale sea cucumber - Cucumaria pallinda

Creeping pedal sea cucumber - Psolus chitonoides

Peppered sea cucumber - Cucumaria piperata

Orange sea cucumber - Cucumaria miniata

Black sea cucumber - Psuedocnus curatus

White sea cucumber - Eupentacta quinquesemita

White sea cucumber - Eupentacta quinquesemita

 

California sea cucumber - Parastichopus californicus

California sea cucumber - Parastichopus californicus

California sea cucumber juvenile - Parastichopus californicus

 

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