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Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835) 
AphiaID: 240755

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae > Pisaster
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pisaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Synonymised
taxa
  Asteracanthion margaritifer Müller & Troschel, 1842 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Asterias conferta Stimpson, 1862
Asterias fissispina Stimpson, 1862 (Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930))
Asterias ianthina Brandt, 1835 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Asterias janthina Brandt, 1835 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Asterias margaritifera Brandt in Fisher, 1930 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Asterias ochracea Brandt, 1835
Pisaster fissispinus (Stimpson, 1862) (Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930))
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Fisher, W.K. (1930). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters, Pt. 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76: 1-356.Pls. 1-93. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English ochre stars  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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 Subspecies Pisaster ochraceus ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Subspecies Pisaster ochraceus segnis Fisher, 1926
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution California [details]
Oregon [details]
Washington (State) [details]

Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life (392 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (426 nucleotides; 460 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
Images 
Pisaster ochraceus
Pisaster ochraceus
added on 2008-11-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Pisaster ochraceus British Columbia, Canada
Pisaster ochraceus British Columbia, Canada
added on 2009-03-13 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-13 12:15:11

Pisaster ochraceus
Pisaster ochraceus
added on 2011-03-26 - author: University of Alberta, A. Richard Palmer ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2012-11-03 03:20:54

Pisaster ochraceus
Pisaster ochraceus
added on 2011-03-26 - author: University of Alberta, A. Richard Palmer ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2012-11-03 03:20:23

Pisaster ochraceus
Pisaster ochraceus
added on 2011-03-26 - author: University of Alberta, A. Richard Palmer ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2012-11-03 03:19:48
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240755
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2007-06-03 15:46:28Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-10-22 04:46:32Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835). In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240755 on 2013-05-20
  
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