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Giant Pink Sea Star

Pisaster brevispinus

Field notes

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 Stimpson in 1857. The type specimen was collected on a sandy bottom, 18 metres (59 ft) deep, near the mouth of San Francisco Bay.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided