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    Species Accepted

    Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)

    Giant Sea Star

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      7 results
      Estrella de azúcar Spanish
      Estrella espinosa gigante Spanish
      Giant Sea Star English
      Giant Spined Star English
      Knobby Sea Star English
      Stella spinosa gigante Italian
      نجم البحر العملاق Arabic

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      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
      Loriol, & de, P. (1887). Notes pour servir a l’etude des Echinodermes, no. 2. Recueil Zoologique Suisse, vol. 4, no. 3: 365–407, plates 15–18. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=284416
      Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem, 21. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=49881
      Verrill, A. E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska Series: US National Museum, 14: 1–408. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.25926 10.5962/bhl.title.25926
      Fisher, W. K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=47414
      Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory, 8: 261–273. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=260203

      Citation

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