Bat star
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| phylum | Chordata | The bat star is usually found in the intertidal zone to a depth of 79 metres (259 ft). Its range extends from Sitka, Alaska to Baja California in the Pacific Ocean. It is most abundant along the coast of Central California and the Monterey Bay. Bat Stars can be many different types of colors.The bat star breathes through gill-like structures on its back that perform as respirators. It lacks the pincers or pedicellariae that most starfish use to clean the skin surface of debris, but its small, moving hairs or cilia may create enough of a water current to keep the surface of its skin clean.
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| class | Asteroidea | |
| order | Valvatida | |
| family | Asterinidae | |
| genus | Patiria | |
| species | P. miniata |
