species: Bat Star (Patiria miniata)
7 Observations
species: Bat Star (Patiria miniata)
- Observer
- elizabethbettenhausen
- Date
- 10/27/2021
- Quality grade
- research
- License
- CC-BY-NC
- Description
- The surf overflow to the lagoon brought in this sea star. Only 2" of rain has kept the creek outflow brief, and the surf is lowering to under 10 ft., after reaching 30 ft.
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Taxonomy
- kingdom: Animals (Animalia) 3656 observations
- phylum: Echinoderms (Echinodermata) 48 observations
- class: Sea Stars (Asteroidea) 20 observations
- order: Valvatidan Sea Stars (Valvatida) 12 observations
- family: Cushion Stars (Asterinidae) 11 observations
- genus: Bat Stars (Patiria) 7 observations
- species: Bat Star (Patiria miniata) 7 observations
Species Interactions
The species with links are species that have observations.
Eats
- Animals (Animalia)
- Plants (Plantae)
- Echinoderms (Echinodermata)
- Bryozoans (Bryozoa)
- Sponges (Porifera)
- (Tubulipora)
- (Teuthida)
- (Detritus)
- (Unspecified seaweeds)
- (Echinus esculentus)
- White Sea Urchin (Lytechinus anamesus)
- (Diaperoecia californica)
- Elephant Ear Tunicate (Polyclinum planum)
- (Urochordata)
- (Archidistoma)
- (Styela montereyensis)
- Yellow Social Ascidian (Pycnoclavella stanleyi)
- (Celleporella)
- (Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta)
- (Primavelans insculpta)
- Lightbulb Tunicates (Clavelina)
- White Tuft Bryozoans (Crisia occidentalis)
- (Chelyosoma productum)
- (Phidolopora labiata)
- (Thalamoporella californica)
- Tunic-band Compound Tunicate (Euherdmania claviformis)
- (Urticina coriacea)
Preys on
- Bryozoans (Bryozoa)
- Sponges (Porifera)
- Pacific Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)
- Lightbulb Tunicates (Clavelina)
- Yellow Social Ascidian (Pycnoclavella stanleyi)
- (Chelyosoma productum)
- (Phidolopora labiata)
- (Archidistoma)
- (Spheciospongia confoederata)
- (Diaperoecia californica)
- (Styela montereyensis)
- (Urochordata)
- (Thalamoporella californica)
- (Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta)
- (Primavelans insculpta)
- (Celleporella)
- White Tuft Bryozoans (Crisia occidentalis)
- Tunic-band Compound Tunicate (Euherdmania claviformis)
- White Sea Urchin (Lytechinus anamesus)
- Elephant Ear Tunicate (Polyclinum planum)
Eaten by
- Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
- Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)
- (Solaster)
- Sheep Crab (Loxorhynchus grandis)
- Fish-eating Anemone (Urticina piscivora)
Preyed upon by
- Fish-eating Anemone (Urticina piscivora)
- Sheep Crab (Loxorhynchus grandis)
- (Solaster)
Species interaction data comes from GloBI.