SPECIES LIST 36 - 37
Temperate Waters

36. Port Jackson shark - Heterodontus portusjacksoni - This is a relatively small Australian shark with teeth in both the upper and lower jaws, small and pointed in the front, but large and flat-surfaced in the back, allowing it to eat both soft and hard-shelled prey such as snails, oysters, sea urchins, and crustaceans.

37. Troschel's seastar - Evasterias troscheli - Seastars are in the class Asteroidea, having rays or arms surrounding an indistinct disk. The 1,800 living species of starfishes occur in all oceans, although the North Pacific has the greatest variety. See 29 and 53.


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