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Pisaster giganteus giant spined star

Pisaster giganteus is commonly referred to as giant spined star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Robyn J. Waayers, USA

Pisaster giganteus, the Giant Sea Star.A nice older specimen.False Point, La Jolla, California.2011

The first time I've been able to photograph this species. It seemed unusually abundant this day, for this location.
Courtesy of the author Robyn J. Waayers, USA Robyn J. Waayers. Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
7514 
AphiaID:
240758 
Scientific:
Pisaster giganteus 
German:
Riesen Dornenseestern 
English:
Giant Spined Star 
Category:
Etoiles de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Pisaster (Genus) > giganteus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Stimpson, ), 1857 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
9 - 88 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Port facilities, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Sandy sea floors 
Size:
up to 24.02" (61 cm) 
Temperature:
9,1 °F - 20,1 °F (9,1°C - 20,1°C) 
Food:
Barnacles, Clams, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Pas pour l'aquarium! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-10-31 20:43:25 

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Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)

Pisaster giganteus is a giant sea star, can grow as large as 60 cm in diameter. This species lives along the western coast of North America from Southern California to British Columbia and can be found on rocky shores near the low tide mark.The colour varies from brown to red or purple.

The giant sea star preys on mollusks and barnacles.

Synonyme:
Asterias exquisita de Loriol, 1888
Asterias gigantea Stimpson, 1857
Asterias luetkeni Stimpson, 1862
Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson, 1862)
Pisaster luetkeni (Stimpson, 1862)
Pisaster luetkeni var. australis Verrill, 1914

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 31.10.2023.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 31.10.2023.

Pictures

Juvenile

Pisaster giganteus juvenile, Giant Sea Star, Pillar Point 2015
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Pisaster giganteus, the Giant Sea Star.False Point, La Jolla, California.2011
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Commonly

Pisaster gigantea, Pillar Point 2016
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Copyright Wolfram Sander, Foto aus Kuba
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Pisaster gigantea Giant Spined Star.Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2009
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Pisaster giganteus, the Giant Sea Star.A nice older specimen.False Point, La Jolla, California.2011
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Copyright Wolfram Sander, Foto aus Kuba
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Giant Spined Star,Pisaster giganteus,Diving N. Monastery 2021

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