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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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several significant ecological roles. Starfish, such as the
ochre sea star (
Pisaster ochraceus) and the reef sea star (Stichaster australis), have
become widely...
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affected po****tion
sizes and dynamics. A
study of the
ochre sea star (
Pisaster ochraceus) po****tions from San Diego, California, to
southern British...
- madreporite's
function in
maintaining fluid has been
experimentally tested on
Pisaster ochraceus,
wherein sea
stars with
blocked madreporites were
unable to readjust...
- In his 1969 paper,
Paine proposed the
keystone species concept,
using Pisaster ochraceus, a
species of
starfish generally known as
ochre starfish, and...
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coined the
keystone species concept to
explain the
relationship between Pisaster ochraceus, a
species of starfish, and
Mytilus californi****, a species...
- "lagoon blue", and "lighthouse white").
These colours symbolize the
native Pisaster ochraceus sea star, the
Pacific Ocean, and the region's lighthouses. The...
