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- Pisaster ochraceus, generally known as the purple sea star, ochre sea star, or ochre starfish, is a common seastar found among the waters of the Pacific...
- 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...
- Pisaster (from Gr**** πίσος, "pea", and ἀστήρ, "star") is a genus of Pacific sea stars that includes three species, P. brevispinus, P. giganteus, and P...
- Pisaster giganteus, the giant sea star, giant spined star, or ****by sea star is a species of sea star that lives along the western coast of North America...
- affected po****tion sizes and dynamics. A study of the ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) po****tions from San Diego, California, to southern British...
- several significant ecological roles. Starfish, such as the ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) and the reef sea star (Stichaster australis), have become widely...
- In his 1969 paper, Paine proposed the keystone species concept, using Pisaster ochraceus, a species of starfish generally known as ochre starfish, and...
- madreporite's function in maintaining fluid has been experimentally tested on Pisaster ochraceus, wherein sea stars with blocked madreporites were unable to readjust...
- and the ascidian Styela gibbsi. Another predator is the starfish species Pisaster ochraceus. A stalked barnacle in the Iblomorpha, Chaetolepas calcitergum...
- the "cliff-clinging" sea urchin Colobocentrotus atratus and the starfish Pisaster ochraceus Arthropods Aquatic insects (e.g., dragonflies) with at least...