Phataria unifascialis is a species of starfish in the familyOphidiasteridae. It is sometimes known as the blue seastar or tan starfish, but both these names are also used for other species (e.g., blue seastar for Linckia laevigata). It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean where it ranges from the Gulf of California and Magdalena Bay (Mexico) to northwest Peru, including various eastern Pacific island groups such as the Galápagos.[2] It remains fully active at temperatures down to 17 °C (63 °F), but becomes inactive when it drops to 14 °C (57 °F).[3] It reaches a diameter of about 30 cm (1 ft).[4]
Phataria unifascialis
A very blue Phataria unifascialis (often more purplish, reddish or tan in color)
In Panama this species has been collected from Monte Island (USNM E 11842), Pearl Islands Archipelago (USNM E 7595) and Taboga Island (USNM 39144), Taboguilla Island (USNM E 11832, depth 12 m), Culebra Island (USNM E 37379, USNM E 37377; Centroid Latitude: 8.9133, Centroid Longitude: -79.5317), Venado Island (USNM E 37376; Centroid Latitude: 8.8792, Centroid Longitude: -79.59583), Perico Island (USNM E 35150), Gulf of Panama, eastern Pacific.[5]
^James, M.J., eds. (1991). Galápagos Marine Invertebrates: Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. pp. 349. Topics in Geobiology. ISBN978-1-4899-0646-5
^Morgana, M.B.; and D.L. Cowles (1997). The effects of temperature on the behaviour and physiology of Phataria unifascialis (Gray) (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) implications for the species' distribution in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 208(1-2): 13–27.
^MexFish: Tan Starfish, Tan Sea Star, Estrella de Mar (Phataria unifascialis) 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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