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Pteraster militaris (Winged sea star; spetsig knubbsjöstjärna)

Synonyms: Asterias militaris; Asteriscus militaris; Pteraster aporus; Pterasterides aporus

Wikipedia Abstract

Pteraster militaris, the wrinkled star, is a species of starfish in the family Pterasteridae. It is found in the northern Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, the Barents Sea and the northern Atlantic Ocean.
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Infraspecies

Pteraster militaris var. militaris
Pteraster militaris var. prolata

Prey / Diet

Aphrocallistes vastus (Cloud sponge)[1]
Iophon nigricans[2]
Stylantheca papillosa (Hydrocoral)[2]
Stylaster verrillii[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pterastericola fedotovi[3]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1The dorid nudibranchs Peltodoris lentiginosa and Archidoris odhneri as predators of glass sponges, Jackson W.F. Chu and Sally P. Leys, Invertebrate Biology 131(2): 75–81 (2012)
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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