Species
Pisaster brevispinus (Giant pink sea star)
Pisaster brevispinus. Photo: (c) Kathleen R., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Pisaster brevispinus, commonly called the pink sea star, giant pink sea star, or short-spined sea star, is a species of sea star from the northeast Pacific Ocean.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
- Subphylum: Asterozoa (Sea stars and brittle stars)
- Class: Asteroidea (Sea stars)
- Superorder: Forcipulatacea (Forcipulatacean sea stars)
- Order: Forcipulatida (Forcipulatidan sea stars)
- Family: Asteriidae (Asteriid sea stars)
- Genus: Pisaster (Giant sea stars)
- Species: Pisaster brevispinus (Giant pink sea star)
- Genus: Pisaster (Giant sea stars)
- Family: Asteriidae (Asteriid sea stars)
- Order: Forcipulatida (Forcipulatidan sea stars)
- Superorder: Forcipulatacea (Forcipulatacean sea stars)
- Class: Asteroidea (Sea stars)
- Subphylum: Asterozoa (Sea stars and brittle stars)
- Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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