




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





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InvertebrateRareza
Common
Peligro
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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!
Sunflower Sea Star can regrow lost arms because of special stem cells that help them survive injuries.
Sunflower Sea Star can move quickly across the seafloor using thousands of tube feet that help them chase prey.
Sunflower Sea Star has an eversible stomach that helps them digest large prey outside their body.
Sunflower Sea Star can have up to 24 arms that help them grab and hold onto prey.
This giant sea star eats many kinds of shellfish, snails, and even other sea stars!
Mytilus californianus
favorite food source
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
eats these spiny creatures
Pisaster ochraceus
can prey on other sea stars
Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.
Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.
Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en tejido animal.
Los animales diurnos están activos principalmente durante el día y suelen descansar o dormir por la noche.
Los hábitats marinos abarcan todos los entornos de agua salada de los océanos de la Tierra, sustentando una inmensa diversidad de vida acuática.
Peligro
1/5 · Muy bajo
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5 kg
6 kg
This giant sea star eats many kinds of shellfish, snails, and even other sea stars!
They live in the ocean, often in rocky or sandy areas along the coast.
Pursuit
16-24
40 cm
100 cm
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