Pisaster brevispinus, commonly called the pink sea star, giant pink sea star, or short-spined sea star, is a species of sea star in the northeast Pacific Ocean. It was first described to science by William Stimson in 1857.[1] The type specimen was collected on a sandy bottom, 10 fathoms (18 m) deep, near the mouth of San Francisco Bay.
^Stimson, William (1857). "On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America". Boston Journal of Natural History. 6: 444–532.
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