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California sheepheads, starry flounders and large pink sea stars prey on sand dollars. When threatened by pink sea stars, sand dollars bury themselves under the sand.
Starry flounder, Dungeness crab, seagulls, ducks, sandpiper, glaucous-winged gull, green and white sturgeon, bears
Reproduction
Breeding occurs between May and September and is closely associated with rising water temperatures.
The starry flounder, more brightly colored than its drab relatives, is a common Pacific species found from mid-California N to Alaska and W to Asia. Flounders feed on worms, crustaceans, and other small bottom invertebrates.
Sand Dab, Sand Tilefish, Sercastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi), Sargassum Tiggerfish, Scrawled Cowfish, Seahorses, Sea Raven, Shaws Cowfish, Shiner Surfperch, Shrimp Fish, Spanish Hogfish, Squirrel Fish, Squrespot Anthias, Starry Flounder, ...
 See also: Flounder, Purple, Sea Urchin, Crab, Skate
  
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