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Pisaster giganteus, the giant sea star, giant spined star, or knobby sea star is a species of sea star 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 in (61 cm) in diameter.
Ochre sea star at low tide, Saltspring Island, British Columbia. Pisaster (from Greek πίσος, "pea", and ἀστήρ, "star" [1]) 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.
Six-rayed star Linckia columbiae: Tamarisk sea star Mediaster aequalis: Vermilion star Orthaserias koehleri: Rainbow star Patiria miniata: Bat star Pisaster brevispinus: Pink sea star, Giant pink sea star, Pink bay star Pisaster giganteus: Knobby sea star, giant spined star Pisaster ochraceus: Ocher sea star Pycnopodia helianthoides: Sunflower ...
Pisaster brevispinus, commonly called the pink sea star, giant pink sea star, or short-spined sea star, is a species of sea star in the northeast Pacific Ocean. It was first described to science by William Stimson in 1857. [1] The type specimen was collected on a sandy bottom, 10 fathoms (18 m) deep, near the mouth of San Francisco Bay.
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Goniasteridae are usually middle-sized sea stars with a characteristic double range of marginal plates bordering the disk and arms. Most of them have five arms, often short and triangular, around a broad central disc; many species are pentagonal or subpentagonal, covered densely with granular, seed-like protuberances, hence the name of the ...
A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was brought ashore for study, marine experts said. The silvery, 12-foot ...
Fishermen who caught B. vaderi were deep-sea trawling in the South China Sea about 50 nautical miles offshore of the city of Quy Nhon in south-central Vietnam, which is west of the Spratly Islands.