Giant sea star

Taxobox
name = "Pisaster giganteus"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Echinodermata
classis = Asteroidea
ordo = Forcipulatida
familia = Asteriidae
genus = "Pisaster"
species = "Pisaster giganteus"
binomial = "Pisaster giganteus"
binomial_authority = StimpsonThe Giant sea star, "Pisaster giganteus" is a species of star fish that lives along the western coast of North America from Southern California to British Columbia. It makes its home on rocky shores near the low tide mark. It preys on mollusks. It can grow as large as 24 inches in diameter. Its color varies form brown to red or purple.

ource

* [http://www.aquariusaquarium.org/tp_life/seastar1.htm Aquarius Aquarium Institute: Giant Sea Star]
* [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0012-9658(196811)49:6%3C1062:SOSFIT%3E2.0.CO;2-I Landenberger, Donald E. "Studies on Selective Feeding in the Pacific Starfish Pisaster in Southern California." "Ecology, Vol. 49, No. 6 (Nov., 1968), pp. 1062-1075". Online. March 3, 2008.]
* [http://www.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/TaxonTree.aspx?id=40951 Taxonomicon]