Pigment types in sea stars are limited mostly to Sexual differences in color for bottom-dwellers with- vellow.orange.and red carolenoids.but carotenopro teins impart blues.purples.greens.browns.and grays. 9oawn1oe2h Both kinds of pigments contrbute to the beautiful the males are darker.Its relative.H.sanguinolenta.of patterns seen in Solaster stimpsoni.which preys mostly U.S.and European Atlantic shores is shown here.(R.B. on sea cucumbers.Friday Harbor.Washington.(R.B.) Mexico.N.W.Florida.(R.B.) 13 13