From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Class
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Asteroidea +
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| Common name is
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Northern Pacific Sun Star +
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| Documentation requested
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false +
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| Family
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Solasteridae +
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| Genus
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Solaster +
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| Is Documented by MRG
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Sitka +
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| Order
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Velatida +
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| Origination status is
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Native +
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| Phylum
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Echinodermata +
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| Scientific name is
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Solaster pacificus +
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| SpecificEpithet
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pacificus +
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| Summary
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Most people still know this species as ''S … Most people still know this species as ''Solaster endeca ssp. pacificus'', but it was raised to the species level in 2010 by C.L. Mah. The nominate ssp., from the Atlantic Ocean, is a starfish predator.
This sun star looks a lot like the more common [[Solaster dawsoni|Dawson's sun star (''Solaster dawsoni'')]], except that it has shorter, puffy arms, is more reliably tan-orange in color, and has much shorter adambulacral spines (those are the spines that line the edges of the groove that runs down each arm).
Sometimes, ''Solaster pacificus'' has stripes that run down each arm dorsally from the central disk much like in [[Solaster stimpsoni|Stimpson's sun star (''Solaster stimpsoni'')]], but that species has much longer arms.
This species feeds mostly on sea cucumbers. It is reported to feed in the intertidal (on [[Eupentacta pseudoquinquesemita|Long-footed white sea cucumber (''Eupentacta pseudoquinquesemita'')]] by Rita O'Clair), but tends to be more subtidal than [[Solaster dawsoni]].e more subtidal than [[Solaster dawsoni]]. +
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| Synonyms include
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Solaster endeca +
, Solaster endeca pacificus +
, Asteria endeca +
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species +
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| Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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25 July 2013 10:42:29 +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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