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Pisaster brevispinus

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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 from the northeast Pacific Ocean. [1]

24 relations: Algae, Animal, Aquarium, Asteriidae, Barnacle, Bipinnaria, Brachiolaria, Clam, Coral, Dementia, Echinoderm, Egg, Embryo, Fish, Forcipulatida, Gastrulation, Larva, Pacific Ocean, Phytoplankton, Pisaster, Sand dollar, Squid, Starfish, Tube worm.

Algae

Algae (singular alga) is an informal term for a large, diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that are not necessarily closely related, and is thus polyphyletic.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Aquarium

An aquarium (plural: aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.

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Asteriidae

The Asteriidae are a diverse family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida.

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Barnacle

A barnacle is a type of arthropod constituting the infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters.

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Bipinnaria

A bipinnaria is the first stage in the larval development of most starfish, and is usually followed by a brachiolaria stage.

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Brachiolaria

A brachiolaria is the second stage of larval development in many starfishes it follows the bipinnaria.

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Clam

Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs.

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Coral

Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria.

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Dementia

Dementia is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember that is great enough to affect a person's daily functioning.

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Echinoderm

Echinoderm is the common name given to any member of the phylum Echinodermata (from Ancient Greek, ἐχῖνος, echinos – "hedgehog" and δέρμα, derma – "skin") of marine animals.

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Egg

An egg is the organic vessel containing the zygote in which an animal embryo develops until it can survive on its own; at which point the animal hatches.

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Embryo

An embryo is an early stage of development of a multicellular diploid eukaryotic organism.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Forcipulatida

The Forcipulatida are an order of sea stars, containing three families and 49 genera.

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Gastrulation

Gastrulation is a phase early in the embryonic development of most animals, during which the single-layered blastula is reorganized into a multilayered structure known as the gastrula.

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Larva

A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of oceans, seas and freshwater basin ecosystems.

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Pisaster

Pisaster is a genus of Pacific sea stars that includes three species, P. brevispinus, P. giganteus, and P. ochraceus.

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Sand dollar

The term sand dollar (also known as a sea cookie or snapper biscuit in New Zealand, or pansy shell in South Africa) refers to species of extremely flattened, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida.

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Squid

Squid are cephalopods of the two orders Myopsida and Oegopsida, which were formerly regarded as two suborders of the order Teuthida, however recent research shows Teuthida to be paraphyletic.

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Starfish

Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea.

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Tube worm

A tube worm is any worm-like sessile invertebrate that anchors its tail to an underwater surface and secretes around its body a mineral tube, into which it can withdraw its entire body.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisaster_brevispinus

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