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Family: Asteriidae



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108 species (see list below)
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Ampheraster atactus
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Ampheraster chiroplus
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Ampheraster marianus
[Mariana's Island star]
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Anasterias antarctica
[Cinderella starfish]
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Anasterias laevigata
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Anasterias perrieri
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Anasterias rupicola
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Anasterias studeri
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Anteliaster australis
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Anteliaster coscinactis
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Anteliaster megatretus
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Anteliaster microgenys
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Anteliaster scaber
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Aphanasterias pycnopodia
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Stuart-Smith, Rick

Northern Pacific and the
Max. Length 50 cm WD
Asterias amurensisLütken, 1871

Photo by Stuart-Smith, Rick
 
Asterias amurensis
[North Pacific seastar]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Northwest Atlantic

Asterias forbesiunspecified

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Asterias forbesi
[Forbes sea star]
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Asterias rathbuni
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Scott, Sue

Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 52 cm WD
Asterias rubensLinnaeus, 1758

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Asterias rubens
[Common starfish]
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Asterias tanneri
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Asterias versicolor
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Astrometis californica
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Max. Length 25 cm WD
 
Astrometis sertulifera
[Fragile rainbow star]
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Astrostole insularis
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Astrostole paschae
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Astrostole rodolphi
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Astrostole scabra
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Bernasconiaster pipi
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Coronaster briareus
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Coronaster halicepus
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Coronaster marchenus
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Coronaster pauciporis
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Coronaster sakuranus
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Coronaster volsellatus
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Coscinasterias edmondi
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Coscinasterias muricata
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Coudre, Christian

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Coscinasterias tenuispinaunspecified

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Coscinasterias tenuispina
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Cryptasterias brachiata
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Cryptasterias turqueti
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic

Diplasterias brandti(Bell, 1881)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Diplasterias brandti
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Diplasterias brucei(Koehler, 1908)

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Diplasterias brucei
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Diplasterias kerguelenensis
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Diplasterias meridionalis
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Diplasterias octoradiata
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Diplasterias radiata
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Distolasterias nipon
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Miller, Todd

Northeast Pacific and the

Evasterias echinosomaFisher, 1926

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Evasterias echinosoma
[]
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Max. Length 30 cm WD
 
Evasterias troscheli
[Mottled star]
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Icasterias panopla
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Kenrickaster pedicellaris
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Leptasterias alaskensis
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Leptasterias aleutica
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Miller, Todd

Northeast Pacific and the

Leptasterias arctica(Murdoch, 1885)

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Leptasterias arctica
[Arctic star]
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Leptasterias asteira
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Leptasterias camtschatica
[Kamchatha six-rayed star]
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Leptasterias coei
[Coe's six-rayed star]
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Leptasterias fisheri
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Leptasterias groenlandica
[Greenland star]
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Max. Length 7.5 cm WD
 
Leptasterias hexactis
[Delicate six-rayed star]
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Leptasterias hylodes
[Aleutian star]
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Leptasterias hyperborea
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Leptasterias leptalea
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Leptasterias leptodoma
[Scarlet six-rayed star]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Atlantic Ocean.

Leptasterias littoralisunspecified

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Leptasterias littoralis
[Slender green sea star]
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Leptasterias muelleri
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Leptasterias polaris
[Polar six-rayed star]
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Leptasterias pusilla
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Leptasterias stolocantha
[Rough skirted star]
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Leptasterias tenera
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Miller, Todd

Eastern Pacific and the A

Lethasterias nanimensis(Verrill, 1914)

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Lethasterias nanimensis
[Black-spined sea star]
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Lysasterias adeliae
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Lysasterias belgicae
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Lysasterias joffrei
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Lysasterias perrieri
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Fenwick, David

Atlantic and the Mediterr
Max. Length 70 cm WD
Marthasterias glacialis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Marthasterias glacialis
[Spiny starfish]
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Meyenaster gelatinosus
[Large spiny star]
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Notasterias armata
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Notasterias bongraini
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Notasterias haswelli
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Notasterias pedicellaris
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Notasterias stolophora
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Max. Length 38 cm WD
 
Orthasterias koehleri
[Rainbow star]
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Pedicellaster hypernotius
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Pedicellaster magister
[Soft orange star]
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Pedicellaster typicus
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Max. Length 60 cm WD
 
Pisaster brevispinus
[Short spined sea star]
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Max. Length 56 cm WD
 
Pisaster giganteus
[Giant spined star]
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Max. Length 35 cm WD
 
Pisaster ochraceus
[Purple star]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic

Psalidaster mordaxFisher, 1940

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Psalidaster mordax
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Max. Length 90 cm WD
 
Pycnopodia helianthoides
[Sunflower star]
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Rathbunaster californicus
[California sun star]
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Rumbleaster eructans
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Saliasterias brachiata
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Sclerasterias alexandri
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Sclerasterias contorta
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Sclerasterias heteropaes
[Banded sea star]
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Sclerasterias mazophora
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Sclerasterias mazophorus
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Sclerasterias mollis
[Cross-fish]
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Sclerasterias neglecta
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Sclerasterias richardi
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Sclerasterias tanneri
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Stenasterias macropora
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Stephanasterias albula
[Odd rayed star]
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Stolasterias acutispina
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Max. Length 50 cm WD
 
Stylasterias forreri
[Fish-eating star]
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Tarsaster alaskanus
[Alaskan star]
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Tarsaster stoichodes
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Urasterias lincki
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