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Leptasterias polaris (Polar sea star; grande astérie polaire)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Leptasterias polaris, the polar six-rayed star, is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is found in cold waters in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and in polar regions.
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Infraspecies

Leptasterias polaris acervata
Leptasterias polaris katherinae
Leptasterias polaris polaris
Leptasterias polaris polymorpha
Leptasterias polaris ushakovi

Prey / Diet

Buccinum humphreysianum (Whelk)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Asterophila japonica (Eulima)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Aggregation of whelks, Buccinum undatum, near feeding predators: the role of reproductive requirements, Rémy Rochette, Françoise Tétreault and John H. Himmelman, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2001, 61, 31–41
♦ 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.
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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