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Sunflower Sea Star

pycnopodia helianthoides

The Sunflower Sea Star is a colorful starfish with lots of arms! It can have up to 24 arms and loves to crawl along the ocean floor.

Lebensraum: They live in the ocean, often in rocky or sandy areas along the coast.

Aussehen

The Sunflower Sea Star has a striking appearance with up to 24 long, tapering arms radiating from a large central disc. Its skin can be vibrant orange, purple, pink, or yellow, and feels soft and velvety, unlike other spiny sea stars.

ReichAnimaliaStammEchinodermataKlasseAsteroideaOrdnungForcipulatidaFamilieAsteriidaeGattungPycnopodia
Sunflower Sea Star
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Sunflower Sea Star

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A Sunflower Sea Star can have thousands of tiny tube feet under its arms!

It can move super fast, gliding up to a meter in just one minute!

This giant can live up to 35 years in the wild!

This is the largest sea star on Earth, reaching up to 1 meter across!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Limb Re-Grow

Sunflower Sea Star can regrow lost arms because of special stem cells that help them survive injuries.

Fähigkeit

Swift Glider

Sunflower Sea Star can move quickly across the seafloor using thousands of tube feet that help them chase prey.

Fähigkeit

Stomach Attack

Sunflower Sea Star has an eversible stomach that helps them digest large prey outside their body.

Fähigkeit

Multi-Armed Power

Sunflower Sea Star can have up to 24 arms that help them grab and hold onto prey.

Maße und Details

Average Weight
5 kg
Max Weight
6 kg
Number Of Arms
16-24
Average Arm Length
40 cm
Max Arm Length
100 cm

Ernährung und Fütterung

This giant sea star eats many kinds of shellfish, snails, and even other sea stars!

Hauptnahrung

  • clams
  • snails
  • sea urchins
  • abalone
  • mussels
  • other sea stars

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

California mussel

Mytilus californianus

favorite food source

hunts

Purple sea urchin

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

eats these spiny creatures

hunts

Ochre sea star

Pisaster ochraceus

can prey on other sea stars

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Sunstar

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das average Weight von Sunflower Sea Star?

5 kg

Was ist der/die/das max Weight von Sunflower Sea Star?

6 kg

Was frisst Sunflower Sea Star?

This giant sea star eats many kinds of shellfish, snails, and even other sea stars!

Wo findet man Sunflower Sea Star normalerweise?

They live in the ocean, often in rocky or sandy areas along the coast.

Wie jagt Sunflower Sea Star?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das number Of Arms von Sunflower Sea Star?

16-24

Was ist der/die/das average Arm Length von Sunflower Sea Star?

40 cm

Was ist der/die/das max Arm Length von Sunflower Sea Star?

100 cm

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