Pisaster
Sign in to savethumb|left|Ochre sea star at low tide, [[Saltspring Island, British Columbia]]
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderForcipulatida
- FamilyAsteriidae
Pisaster ochraceus bei Niedrigwasser, Saltspring Island (British Columbia) Pisaster giganteus Pisaster (von altgriechisch πίσος „Erbse“ und ἀστήρ „Stern“) ist eine Gattung der Seesterne aus der Familie Asteriidae in der Ordnung der Zangensterne (Forcipulatida) mit drei Arten, die an der nordamerikanischen Pazifikküste zwischen Alaska und dem südlichen Kalifornien heimisch sind.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 36
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Asteriidae
- Collections
- USNM, SDNHM, CAS, OMNH, YPM, NCSM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Mexico
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- Parent taxon
- Asteriidae
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- Giant pink seastar.jpg
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thumb|left|Ochre sea star at low tide, [[Saltspring Island, British Columbia]]
Pisaster (from Greek ', "pea", and ', "star") is a genus of Pacific sea stars that includes three species, P. brevispinus, P. giganteus, and P. ochraceus. Their range extends along the Pacific coast from Alaska to southern California in the intertidal zone. The largest individuals of Pisaster can reach diameters of up to across; they all develop five arms, but some may be lost from injury or disease, and occasionally the re-growth of an injured arm will result in an individual with more than five arms.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pisaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.