Echinaster sentus- Sea Star

3D Model

Collaboration to digitize biological collections with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) and the USF CDHGI. Structured Light laser scanning and image texture mapping of a sea star.

Species: Echninaster sentus Family: Echinasteridae Field No. ES67312 Collected June 29, 2011, at Egmont Key, Florida Accession no. 19670831.2255

The Florida Biodiversity Collections are used by scientists and students as guides as they identify animals collected during research, as sources for research material, or for educational exhibits.