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Pycnopodia helianthoides

(Brandt, 1835)

Sunflower Sea Star

GNRUnranked Found in 60 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.973574
Element CodeIEECH88010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumEchinodermata
ClassAsteroidea
OrderForcipulatida
FamilyPycnopodiidae
GenusPycnopodia
Synonyms
Asterias helianthoidesBrandt, 1835
Concept Reference
Lambert, P. 2000. Sea Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Puget Sound. 2nd edition. Royal British Columbia Museum Handbooks Series. UBC Press, Vancouver, British Columbia, 192 pp.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN2
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaSNRYes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
OregonS1Yes
Roadless Areas (60)
Alaska (58)
AreaForestAcres
Behm IslandsTongass National Forest4,777
ChichagofTongass National Forest555,858
Chilkat-West Lynn CanalTongass National Forest199,772
Chugach-12Chugach National Forest8,116
Chugach-13Chugach National Forest13,337
Chugach-17Chugach National Forest19,954
Chugach-8Chugach National Forest21,559
ClevelandTongass National Forest189,447
College FiordChugach National Forest1,130,818
Copper River WetlandsChugach National Forest85,972
Dall IslandTongass National Forest105,780
Douglas IslandTongass National Forest28,065
East MitkofTongass National Forest8,795
EudoraTongass National Forest195,022
FanshawTongass National Forest48,248
Fidalgo-GravinaChugach National Forest257,968
Freshwater BayTongass National Forest44,933
Game CreekTongass National Forest54,469
GravinaTongass National Forest37,381
Hoonah SoundTongass National Forest79,764
Juneau UrbanTongass National Forest101,581
Juneau-Skagway IcefieldTongass National Forest1,187,268
Kashevarof IslandsTongass National Forest4,747
KekuTongass National Forest10,869
Kenai MountainsChugach National Forest306,600
KosciuskoTongass National Forest64,134
LindenbergTongass National Forest25,855
Mansfield PeninsulaTongass National Forest54,991
MontagueChugach National Forest204,875
MosmanTongass National Forest53,492
Nellie JuanChugach National Forest713,697
North BaranofTongass National Forest314,089
North KupreanofTongass National Forest114,660
North RevillaTongass National Forest215,430
Pavlof-East PointTongass National Forest5,399
Point AugustaTongass National Forest15,482
Port AlexanderTongass National Forest120,681
Prince William Sound Is.Chugach National Forest118,698
RedoubtTongass National Forest68,347
RevillaTongass National Forest29,298
RhineTongass National Forest23,010
SarkarTongass National Forest51,908
SecurityTongass National Forest31,428
Sheridan GlacierChugach National Forest224,683
Sitka SoundTongass National Forest13,459
Sitka UrbanTongass National Forest112,003
Soda BayTongass National Forest78,091
South KruzofTongass National Forest55,193
South KuiuTongass National Forest62,452
South RevillaTongass National Forest52,105
Suemez IslandTongass National Forest19,903
Taku-SnettishamTongass National Forest664,928
Tenakee RidgeTongass National Forest20,527
Twenty MileChugach National Forest198,775
Upper SitukTongass National Forest16,789
WhitestoneTongass National Forest5,638
Windham-Port HoughtonTongass National Forest161,952
Yakutat ForelandsTongass National Forest323,648
Washington (2)
AreaForestAcres
Jupiter RidgeOlympic National Forest10,148
Mt. BaldyOlympic National Forest3,557
References (4)
  1. Lambert, P. 2000. Sea Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Puget Sound. 2nd edition. Royal British Columbia Museum Handbooks Series. UBC Press, Vancouver, British Columbia, 192 pp.
  2. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2021. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Sunflower Sea Star as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act. Federal Register 86(245):73230-73233.
  3. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2023. Proposed Rule To List the Sunflower Sea Star as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act. Federal Register 88(51):16212-16229.
  4. WoRMS Editorial Board. 2020. World Register of Marine Species. Available: http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ (accessed 12 Feb 2020)