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Family: Echinasteridae



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54 species (see list below)
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Aleutihenricia beringiana
[Bering Henricia]
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Echinaster aculeata
[]
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Echinaster brasiliensis
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Bos, Arthur

Indo-West Pacific

Echinaster callosusvon Marenzeller, 1895

Photo by Bos, Arthur
 
Echinaster callosus
[Warty starfish]
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Echinaster echinophorus
[Caribbean sea star]
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Echinaster farquhari
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific.

Echinaster luzonicus(Gray, 1840)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Echinaster luzonicus
[Luzon sea star]
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Echinaster modestus
[]
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Echinaster sentus
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Coudre, Christian

Atlantic and Mediterranea

Echinaster sepositus(Retzius, 1783)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Echinaster sepositus
[Red starfish]
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Echinaster serpentarius
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Echinaster smithi
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Echinaster spinulosus
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Echinaster stereosomus
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Echinaster varicolor
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Henricia antillarum
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Henricia aspera
[Sandpaper Henricia]
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Henricia asthenactis
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Henricia clarki
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Henricia cylindrella
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Henricia derjugini
[White Henricia]
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Henricia epiphysialis
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Henricia eschrichti
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Henricia fragilis
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Ulman, Aylin

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm WD
Henricia leviuscula(Stimpson, 1857)

Photo by Ulman, Aylin
 
Henricia leviuscula
[Pacific blood star]
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Henricia longispina
[Long-spined Henricia]
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Henricia lukinsii
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Henricia margarethae
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Pacific, Souther

Henricia obesa(Sladen, 1889)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Henricia obesa
[Obese Henricia]
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Henricia oculata
[Bloody Henry starfish]
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Henricia orientalis
[]
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Henricia pagenstecheri
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Henricia parva
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Henricia perforata
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Henricia pertusa
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Henricia polyacantha
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Henricia praestans
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Harvey-Clark, Chris

Eastern Pacific, North At
Max. Length 15 cm WD
Henricia sanguinolenta(Müller, 1776)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Henricia sanguinolenta
[Blood sea star]
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Henricia sexradiata
[]
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Henricia simplex
[]
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Henricia skorikovi
[]
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Henricia solida
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Henricia spiculifera
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Henricia spinulifera
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Henricia studeri
[Studer's Henricia]
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Henricia sufflata
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Henricia tumida
[Fat Henricia]
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Metrodira subulata
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Odontohenricia fisheri
[Fisher's toothed Henricia]
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Poraniopsis echinaster
[Reticulated spiny star]
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Max. Length 15 cm WD
 
Poraniopsis inflata
[Spiny sea star]
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Rhopiella hirsuta
[]
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Stegnaster inflatus
[]
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Stegnaster wesseli
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