Sunflower sea star - Wikipedia
Pycnopodia helianthoides, commonly known as the sunflower sea star, is a large sea star found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. [3] The only species of its genus , it is among the largest sea stars in the world, with a maximum arm span of 1 m (3.3 ft).
Sunflower Sea Star - NOAA Fisheries
The sunflower sea star occurs throughout intertidal and subtidal coastal waters of the Northeast Pacific Ocean from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to at least northern Baja California, Mexico. They are found to a depth of at least 435 meters on various substrate types, from rocky kelp forests to sand and mud flats.
Sunflower Seastar: Terrifying Predator? | National Geographic
This animal is more than three feet wide and one of the fastest animals in its biome! It's also a very efficient scavenger. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoS...
Sea Wonder: Sunflower Sea Star - National Marine Sanctuary …
Aug 30, 2023 · The sunflower sea star is the largest species of sea star in the global ocean, with 24 large arms and a diameter of nearly three feet from arm tip to arm tip when full grown. They can grow to weigh as much 13 pounds and, despite its large size, this species may also be the world’s fastest sea star.
Sunflower Sea Star Fact Sheets - NOAA Fisheries
Apr 26, 2023 · Sunflower sea stars are native to marine waters along the Pacific Coast, from northern Baja California to the central Aleutian Islands.
Sunflower Sea Star | Online Learning Center - Aquarium of the Pacific
The sunflower sea star is the largest of the sea stars and has the most arms. It may also be the fastest sea star. It is typically found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Unalaska Island, Alaska, to Baja California, but less typically south of Monterey Bay.
Sunflower Sea Star, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
The Sunflower Sea Star is the swiftest, largest, and heaviest sea star in the North Pacific, and perhaps the entire world. That’s how Rita and Charles O’Clair described the multi-limbed predators in Southeast Alaska’s Rocky Shores in 1998, two decades before an outbreak of sea star wasting disease killed millions of sea stars on the west ...
Pycnopodia helianthoides - ADW
Pycnopodia helianthoides, the largest of the sea stars, is radially symmetrical. The sunflower star has more arms than any other species, numbering between 15 and 24 (most sea stars have between 5 and 14), and is the heaviest known sea star, weighing about 5 kg.
Sunflower star | Animals | Monterey Bay Aquarium
For a sea star, this animal is a voracious predator. When on the prowl for food, the sunflower star swings along on its 15,000 tube feet — moving at the remarkable speed of over 40 inches (1 m) per minute.
Sunflower Sea Stars Facts — SeaDoc Society
Sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) are marine invertebrates also called starfish by some and asteroids by scientists, that belong to the same family as as sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and sand dollars.