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Pycnopodia helianthoides (Brandt, 1835)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Brandt, J. F. (1835). Prodromus descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum, Petropooli. Fasc. I: 203–275. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=126147

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Echinodermata
class
Asteroidea
order
Forcipulatida
family
Asteriidae
genus
Pycnopodia
species
Pycnopodia helianthoides

Name

Synonyms
Asterias helianthoides Brandt, 1835
Homonyms
Pycnopodia helianthoides (Brandt, 1835)
Common names
Sunflower Star in English
estrella de mar in language.
Sunflower Sea Star in English
Rag Mop in English
Slime Star in English
Sunflower Seastar in English
Sunflower Star in English
Sunflower Starfish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  2. Kozloff, Eugene N., 1987: null. Marine Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. 511.
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