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Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Scientific name: Pisaster giganteus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Echinodermata → Subphylum Asterozoa → Class Asteroidea → Subclass Ambuloasteroidea → Infraclass Neoasteroidea → Superorder Forcipulatacea → Order Forcipulatida → Family Asteriidae → Genus Pisaster

Common name: Giant Spined Star
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesSea Stars
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Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Eating a leafy hornmouth snail
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
These are the giant spines that give the star its name
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
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