Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. Boston Journal of Natural History, 6: 444–532, pls. 18–23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=19718
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Asteroidea
- order
- Forcipulatida
- family
- Asteriidae
- genus
- Pisaster
- species
- Pisaster giganteus
Name
- Synonyms
- Asterias capitata Stimpson, 1862
- Asterias exquisita de Loriol, 1887
- Asterias gigantea Stimpson, 1857
- Asterias luetkeni Stimpson, 1862
- Calliasterias exquisita (deLoriol, 1888)
- Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson, 1862)
- Pisaster luetkeni (Stimpson, 1862)
- Pisaster luetkeni var. australis Verrill, 1914
- Homonyms
- Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
- Common names
- estrella de mar in language.
Bibliographic References
- Fisher, W.K. (1930). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters, Pt. 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76: 1-356.Pls. 1-93.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).