All Species
108 Species in Family Asteriidae
Nominal species list for Asteriidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Ampheraster atactus Fisher, 1928
Ampheraster chiroplus Fisher, 1928
Ampheraster marianus (Lugwig, 1905) Mariana's Island star
Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857) Cinderella starfish
Anasterias laevigata (Hutton, 1879)
Anasterias perrieri (Smith, 1876)
Anasterias rupicola (Verrill, 1876)
Anasterias studeri Perrier, 1891
Anteliaster australis Fisher, 1940
Anteliaster coscinactis Fisher, 1928
Anteliaster megatretus Fisher, 1928
Anteliaster microgenys unspecified
Anteliaster scaber (Smith, 1876)
Aphanasterias pycnopodia unspecified
Asterias amurensis Lütken, 1871 North Pacific seastar
Asterias forbesi unspecified Forbes sea star
Asterias rathbuni unspecified
Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 Common starfish
Asterias tanneri unspecified
Asterias versicolor Sladen, 1889
Astrometis californica (Verrill, 1914)
Astrometis sertulifera (Xantus, 1860) Fragile rainbow star
Astrostole insularis Clark, 1938
Astrostole paschae (Clark, 1920)
Astrostole rodolphi (Perrier, 1875)
Astrostole scabra (Hutton, 1872)
Bernasconiaster pipi Rivadeneira, Martinez, Penchaszadeh & Brogger, 2020
Coronaster briareus (Verrill, 1882)
Coronaster halicepus Fisher, 1917
Coronaster marchenus Ziesenhenne, 1942
Coronaster pauciporis Jangoux, 1984
Coronaster sakuranus (Döderlein, 1902)
Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889)
Coscinasterias edmondi (Benham, 1911)
Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1870
Coscinasterias tenuispina unspecified
Cryptasterias brachiata Koehler, 1923
Cryptasterias turqueti (Koehler, 1906)
Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
Diplasterias brucei (Koehler, 1908)
Diplasterias kerguelenensis (Koehler, 1917)
Diplasterias meridionalis (Perrier, 1875)
Diplasterias octoradiata (Studer, 1885)
Diplasterias radiata (Koehler, 1923)
Distolasterias nipon (Döderlein, 1902)
Evasterias echinosoma Fisher, 1926
Evasterias troscheli (Stimpson, 1862) Mottled star
Icasterias panopla (Stuxberg, 1878)
Kenrickaster pedicellaris Clark, 1962
Leptasterias alaskensis (Verrill, 1909)
Leptasterias aleutica unspecified
Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885) Arctic star
Leptasterias asteira unspecified
Leptasterias camtschatica (Brandt, 1835) Kamchatha six-rayed star
Leptasterias coei Verrill, 1914 Coe's six-rayed star
Leptasterias fisheri unspecified
Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857) Greenland star
Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862) Delicate six-rayed star
Leptasterias hylodes Fisher, 1930 Aleutian star
Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)
Leptasterias leptalea Verrill, 1914
Leptasterias leptodoma unspecified Scarlet six-rayed star
Leptasterias littoralis unspecified Slender green sea star
Leptasterias muelleri (Sars, 1846)
Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Polar six-rayed star
Leptasterias pusilla (Fisher, 1930)
Leptasterias stolocantha unspecified Rough skirted star
Leptasterias tenera unspecified
Lethasterias nanimensis (Verrill, 1914) Black-spined sea star
Lysasterias adeliae (Koehler, 1920)
Lysasterias belgicae (Ludwig, 1903)
Lysasterias joffrei (Koehler, 1920)
Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) Spiny starfish
Meyenaster gelatinosus (Meyen, 1834) Large spiny star
Notasterias armata (Koehler, 1911)
Notasterias bongraini (Koehler, 1912)
Notasterias haswelli Koehler, 1920
Notasterias pedicellaris (Koehler, 1907)
Notasterias stolophora Fisher, 1940
Orthasterias koehleri (de Loriol, 1897) Rainbow star
Pedicellaster hypernotius Sladen, 1889
Pedicellaster magister Fisher, 1923 Soft orange star
Pedicellaster typicus unspecified
Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857) Short spined sea star
Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857) Giant spined star
Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835) Purple star
Psalidaster mordax Fisher, 1940
Pycnopodia helianthoides (Brandt, 1835) Sunflower star
Rathbunaster californicus Fisher, 1906 California sun star
Rumbleaster eructans McKnight, 2006
Saliasterias brachiata Koehler, 1920
Sclerasterias alexandri (Ludwig, 1905)
Sclerasterias contorta unspecified
Sclerasterias heteropaes Fisher, 1924 Banded sea star
Sclerasterias mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
Sclerasterias mazophorus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
Sclerasterias mollis (Hutton, 1872) Cross-fish
Sclerasterias neglecta (Perrier, 1891)
Sclerasterias richardi (Perrier, 1882)
Sclerasterias tanneri unspecified
Stenasterias macropora unspecified
Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853) Odd rayed star
Stolasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862)
Stylasterias forreri (de Loriol, 1887) Fish-eating star
Tarsaster alaskanus Fisher, 1928 Alaskan star
Tarsaster stoichodes Salden, 1889
Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
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