The sea star —oftencalled astarfish, thoughit's no more a fish than it is a sheepdog—ranks with the mostspectacular creaturesof the diverse menagerie inhabiting the shores near BodegaBay.
Twenty years later, Flamsteed would again obstruct scientific progress by refusing to publish his by now huge amount of accumulated data, in the form ofstar charts for the use ofsea captains.
Columnist Army Archerd reports that the "Home Improvement" star has told the president of Walt Disney Pictures that "20 Thousand Leagues Under theSea" is his favorite film of all time.
In scientific terms, probably the most significant effect oftheSea Empress spill has been felt by a tiny creature known as the brooding cushion-star, or Asterina phylactica to those in the know.