Western gull with a ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) in its mouth
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Description: English: What happens when you put a tube foot into your mouth?..A “Pisaster” is waiting to happen! This opportunistic Western Gull is ready to engulf an ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus), one of the few predators to eat these intertidal invertebrates. Date: 22 January 2021. Source: https://twitter.com/MBNMS/status/1352678710206459911/photo/1. Author: NOAA.
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- Life (biota)
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria (bilaterians)
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Echinodermata (echinoderms)
- Asterozoa (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars)
- Asteroidea (sea stars)
- Forcipulatacea (Forcipulatacean Sea Stars)
- Forcipulatida (Forcipulatidan Sea Stars)
- Asteriidae (Asteriid Sea Stars)
- Pisaster (Giant Sea Stars)
- Pisaster ochraceus (ochre stars)
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