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Solaster dawsoni (Morning sun star)

Wikipedia Abstract

Solaster dawsoni, the morning sun star, is a species of starfish in the family Solasteridae. It is found on either side of the northern Pacific Ocean. It has two subspecies: \n* S. d. arcticus Verrill, 1914 \n* S. d. dawsoni Verrill, 1880
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Infraspecies

Solaster dawsoni arcticus
Solaster dawsoni dawsoni

Prey / Diet

Crossaster papposus (spiny sun star, common sun star)[1]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1A seventeen-year study of the rose star Crossaster papposus population in a coastal bay in southeast Alaska, H. R. Carlson and C. A. Pfister, Marine Biology (1999) 133: 223-230
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0