IUCN CRSunflower Sea Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
- ATK
- 109
- DEF
- 131
- SPD
- 15
Animal encyclopedia
Sunflower Sea Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
- Legendary
- IUCN CR · Critically Endangered
- Echinoderm
- North America
About the Sunflower Sea Star
Known to science as Pycnopodia helianthoides, the Sunflower Sea Star is an echinoderm found in North America. It makes its home in the ocean.
It weighs around 5 kg and has a lifespan of about 5 years. It moves slowly, with a top speed of just 0.06 km/h.
In conservation terms it is listed as Critically Endangered (CR), the highest IUCN threatened category, used for species facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. In Animal Gacha, its card has Legendary rarity. Rarity is a game value informed by conservation status, not an IUCN category. Legendary cards are among the harder finds in packs.
IUCN CRField data
- Scientific name
- Pycnopodia helianthoides
- Group
- Echinoderm
- Region
- North America
- Habitats
- Ocean
- IUCN status
- Critically Endangered (CR)
- Game rarity
- Legendary
- Weight
- 5 kg
- Lifespan
- 5 years
- Top speed
- 0.06 km/h
Rarity is a game value informed by conservation status. It is not an IUCN category.
Wildlife data is a general reference and may vary between sources. Animal Gacha is not affiliated with IUCN.
Image credit
- Creator
- Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif.
- Changes
- Cropped and/or resized to 400 x 400 pixels and converted to WebP.
Find the Sunflower Sea Star in Animal Gacha
Open packs, add it to your collection and take it into battle on iOS and Android.