All Species
66 Species in Family Ophidiasteridae
Nominal species list for Ophidiasteridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Andora wilsoni Rowe, 1977
Bunaster ritteri Döderlein, 1896
Celerina heffernani (Livingstone, 1931) Heffernani's sea star
Cistina columbiae Gray, 1840
Copidaster lymani Clark, 1948
Dactylosaster cylindricus (Lamarck, 1816)
Drachmaster bullisi Downey, 1970
Fromia eusticha Fisher, 1913
Fromia millepora (Lamarck, 1816) Red seastar
Gomophia egyptiaca Gray, 1840 Egyptian sea star
Gomophia gomophia (Perrier, 1875) Nippled sea star
Gomophia mamillifera (Livingstone, 1930)
Gomophia watsoni (Livingstone, 1936)
Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840 Smooth starfish
Hacelia raaraa Mah, 2021
Hacelia superba unspecified
Heteronardoa carinata (Koehler, 1910)
Heteronardoa diamantinae Rowe, 1976
Leiaster coriaceus (Peters, 1852)
Leiaster glaber Peters, 1852
Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)
Leiaster speciosus von Martens, 1866 Velvety sea star
Linckia bouvieri unspecified
Linckia columbiae Gray, 1840 Fragile star
Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840 Comet starfish
Linckia guildingii Gray, 1840 Common comet star
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Blue linckia
Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816) Spotted linckia
Linckia nodosa unspecified
Linckia profunda Mah, 2021
Narcissia canariensis (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Narcissia gracilis Clark, 1916
Narcissia trigonaria Sladen, 1889
Nardoa frianti Koehler, 1910 Friant's sea star
Nardoa galatheae (Lütken, 1865) Brown meah sea star
Nardoa gomophia (Perrier, 1875)
Nardoa novaecaledoniae (Perrier, 1875)
Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840 Mottled sea star
Nardoa tumulosa Gray, 1840
Nardoa variolata (Bruzelius, 1805)
Neoferdina cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Neoferdina offreti (Koehler, 1910)
Ophidiaster alexandri Verrill, 1915
Ophidiaster armatus Koehler, 1910
Ophidiaster chinensis Perrier, 1875
Ophidiaster colossus Mah, 2021
Ophidiaster cribrarius Lütken, 1871
Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885
Ophidiaster easterensis Ziesenhenne, 1964
Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871 Grained seastar
Ophidiaster guildingi Gray, 1840 Guilding's star
Ophidiaster helicostichus Sladen, 1889
Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophidiaster kermadecensis Benham, 1911
Ophidiaster lorioli Fisher, 1906
Ophidiaster macknighti Clark, 1962
Ophidiaster multispinus Liao & Clark, 1996
Ophidiaster ophidianus unspecified Purple seastar
Phataria unifascialis (Gray, 1840) Blue sea star
Pharia pyramidata (Gray, 1840) Yellow spotted star
Tamaria dubiosa (Koehler, 1910)
Tamaria floridae (Perrier, 1881)
Tamaria fusca Gray, 1840
Tamaria megaloplax (Bell, 1884)
Tamaria obstipa Ziesenhenne, 1942
Tamaria pusilla (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
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