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Giant Seastar

Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pisaster giganteus
Species recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia CA, Mexico Species List, North Pacific Species List, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, NCBI, and United States Species List
Pisaster giganteus
Recognized by CalPhotos and Undersea Productions
Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Asterias capitata
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Asterias capitata Stimpson 1862
Recognized by NMNH Collection
Asterias exquisita
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Asterias gigantea
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Asterias gigantea Stimpson
Recognized by NMNH type specimens
Pisaster capitatus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Pisaster giganteus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia IT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and GGBN data coverage
Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Pisaster luetkeni
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Asterias capitata Stimpson 1862
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Asterias exquisita de Loriol 1887
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Asterias gigantea Stimpson 1857
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Asterias luetkeni Stimpson 1862
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Calliasterias exquisita
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson 1862)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pisaster luetkeni (Stimpson 1862)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pisaster luetkeni var. australis Verrill 1914
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Asterias exquisita de Loriol 1887
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Asterias gigantea Stimpson 1857
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Calliasterias exquisita
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson 1862)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pisaster luetkeni (Stimpson 1862)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pisaster luetkeni var. australis Verrill 1914
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Asterias capitata Stimpson 1862
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Asterias exquisita de Loriol 1887
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Asterias exquisita de Loriol 1887
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Asterias exquisita de Loriol 1888
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Asterias gigantea Stimpson 1857
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Asterias gigantea Stimpson 1857
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Asterias gigantea Stimpson 1857
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Asterias luetkeni Stimpson 1862
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Asterias luetkeni Stimpson 1862
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Calliasterias exquisita
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Calliasterias exquisita
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson 1862)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson 1862)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson 1862)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pisaster luetkeni (Stimpson 1862)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Pisaster luetkeni (Stimpson 1862)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Pisaster luetkeni (Stimpson 1862)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pisaster luetkeni var. australis Verrill 1914
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Pisaster luetkeni var. australis Verrill 1914
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Giant seastar preferred
Recognized by Undersea Productions

French

Giant sea star preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Riesenstern preferred
Recognized by admin

Persian

ستاره دریایی غول‌آسا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

نجم البحر العملاق preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea de Blainville 1830
Forcipulatacea Blake 1987
Forcipulatida Perrier 1884
Asteriidae Gray 1840
Pisaster Müller & Troschel 1840
Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857) (this page)
Pisaster giganteus capitatus (Stimpson 1861)
Pisaster giganteus giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt 1835)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Ambuloasteroidea Blake & Hagdorn 2003
Neoasteroidea Gale 1987
Forcipulatacea Blake 1987
Forcipulatida Perrier 1884
Asteriidae Gray 1840
Pisaster Müller & Troschel 1840
Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857) (this page)
Pisaster giganteus capitatus (Stimpson 1861)
Pisaster giganteus giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt 1835)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857) (this page)
Pisaster giganteus capitatus (Stimpson 1861)
Pisaster giganteus giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt 1835)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Pisaster
Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857) (this page)
Pisaster giganteus capitatus (Stimpson 1861)
Pisaster giganteus giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt 1835)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857) (this page)
Pisaster giganteus capitatus (Stimpson 1861)
Pisaster giganteus giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt 1835)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Pisaster Müller & Troschel 1840
Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857) (this page)
Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt 1835)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata Bruguière 1791
Asterozoa
Asteroidea de Blainville 1830
Forcipulatacea Blake 1987
Forcipulatida Perrier 1884
Asteriidae Gray 1840
Pisaster Müller & Troschel 1840
Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857) (this page)
Pisaster giganteus capitatus (Stimpson 1862)
Pisaster giganteus giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt 1835)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Eleutherozoa
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Forcipulatacea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Pisaster
Pisaster giganteus (this page)
Pisaster brevispinus
Pisaster ochraceus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Asterias
Asterias gigantea (this page)
Asterias acervispinis
Asterias aculeata
Asterias acutispina
Asterias aequalis
Asterias albulua
Asterias alternata
Asterias alveolata
Asterias anomala
Asterias arctica
Asterias arenicola
Asterias attenuata
Asterias austera
Asterias bootes
Asterias borbonica
Asterias brasiliensis
Asterias brevispina
Asterias briareus
Asterias brisingoides
Asterias calcar
Asterias calcitrapa
Asterias canariensis
Asterias capensis
Asterias cayennensis
Asterias clavigera
Asterias compta
Asterias conceptionis
Asterias conferta
Asterias contorta
Asterias cordifera
Asterias crassispinis
Asterias cumingii
Asterias cylindricus
Asterias decemradiatus
Asterias dorsatus
Asterias echinus
Asterias epichlora
Asterias euryale
Asterias fascicularis
Asterias flabellifera
Asterias gelatinosa
Asterias georgiana
Asterias gracilispinis
Asterias granifera
Asterias groenlandica
Asterias hartii
Asterias helianthoides
Asterias helianthus
Asterias hexactis
Asterias japonica
Asterias jehennesi
Asterias katherinae
Asterias lacazei
Asterias laevigata
Asterias latissima
Asterias linearis
Asterias littoralis
Asterias luna
Asterias mammillata
Asterias mazophorus
Asterias meridionalis
Asterias milleporella
Asterias mollis
Asterias multifora
Asterias nanimensis
Asterias nautarum
Asterias neglecta
Asterias nipon
Asterias nodosa
Asterias nuda
Asterias obtusangula
Asterias ochotensis
Asterias ochracea
Asterias oligactes
Asterias pallida
Asterias papposus
Asterias paucispina
Asterias pedicellaris
Asterias penicillaris
Asterias pentacantha
Asterias pentagonula
Asterias pleyadella
Asterias pulvillus
Asterias punctata
Asterias rodolphi
Asterias rosacea
Asterias rupicola
Asterias satsumana
Asterias savignyi
Asterias scalprifera
Asterias schmideliana
Asterias sebae
Asterias senegalensis
Asterias sentus
Asterias setosa
Asterias similispinis
Asterias steineni
Asterias striata
Asterias tanneri
Asterias troschelii
Asterias undulata
45 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Pisaster
Pisaster capitatus (this page)
Pisaster brevispinus
Pisaster confertus
Pisaster giganteus
Pisaster luetkeni
Pisaster ochraceus
Pisaster paucispinus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Pisaster
Pisaster luetkeni (this page)
Pisaster brevispinus
Pisaster capitatus
Pisaster confertus
Pisaster giganteus
Pisaster ochraceus
Pisaster paucispinus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Pisaster
Pisaster giganteus (this page)
Pisaster giganteus capitatus
Pisaster giganteus giganteus
Pisaster brevispinus
Pisaster capitatus
Pisaster confertus
Pisaster luetkeni
Pisaster ochraceus
Pisaster paucispinus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Asterias
Asterias exquisita (this page)
Asterias acervispinis
Asterias aculeata
Asterias acutispina
Asterias aequalis
Asterias albulua
Asterias alternata
Asterias alveolata
Asterias anomala
Asterias arctica
Asterias arenicola
Asterias attenuata
Asterias austera
Asterias bootes
Asterias borbonica
Asterias brasiliensis
Asterias brevispina
Asterias briareus
Asterias brisingoides
Asterias calcar
Asterias calcitrapa
Asterias canariensis
Asterias capensis
Asterias cayennensis
Asterias clavigera
Asterias compta
Asterias conceptionis
Asterias conferta
Asterias contorta
Asterias cordifera
Asterias crassispinis
Asterias cumingii
Asterias cylindricus
Asterias decemradiatus
Asterias dorsatus
Asterias echinus
Asterias epichlora
Asterias euryale
Asterias fascicularis
Asterias flabellifera
Asterias gelatinosa
Asterias georgiana
Asterias gigantea
Asterias gracilispinis
Asterias granifera
Asterias groenlandica
Asterias hartii
Asterias helianthoides
Asterias helianthus
Asterias hexactis
Asterias japonica
Asterias jehennesi
Asterias katherinae
Asterias lacazei
Asterias laevigata
Asterias latissima
Asterias linearis
Asterias littoralis
Asterias luna
Asterias mammillata
Asterias mazophorus
Asterias meridionalis
Asterias milleporella
Asterias mollis
Asterias multifora
Asterias nanimensis
Asterias nautarum
Asterias neglecta
Asterias nipon
Asterias nodosa
Asterias nuda
Asterias obtusangula
Asterias ochotensis
Asterias ochracea
Asterias oligactes
Asterias pallida
Asterias papposus
Asterias paucispina
Asterias pedicellaris
Asterias penicillaris
Asterias pentacantha
Asterias pentagonula
Asterias pleyadella
Asterias pulvillus
Asterias punctata
Asterias rodolphi
Asterias rosacea
Asterias rupicola
Asterias satsumana
Asterias savignyi
Asterias scalprifera
Asterias schmideliana
Asterias sebae
Asterias senegalensis
Asterias sentus
Asterias setosa
Asterias similispinis
Asterias steineni
Asterias striata
Asterias tanneri
Asterias troschelii
45 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Pisaster
Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson 1857) (this page)
Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster giganteus capitatus (Stimpson 1861)
Pisaster giganteus giganteus (Stimpson 1857)
Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt 1835)
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