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Updated 8/14/2023

Phylum Echinodermata

Class Asteroidea, Sea Stars

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Mithrodia fisheri 

FISHER'S STAR

 

 Dactylosaster cylindricus pacificus

HAWAIIAN CYLINDRICAL STAR 

 

 

 

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Acanthaster planci

CROWN-OF-THORNS SEA STAR

 

 Asteropsis carinifera

SHERIFF-BADGE STAR

 
Culcita novaeguineae

CUSHION STAR, juvenile

 

 Culcita novaeguineae

CUSHION STAR

Aquilonastra anomala

DWARF STAR

 

 Coscinasterias acutispina

SHARP-SPINED SEA STAR

 
Pentaceraster cumingi

KNOBBY STAR, juvenile

 

 Pentaceraster cumingi

KNOBBY STAR

 
Leiaster glaber

RED VELVET STAR

 

 Leiaster leachi

PURPLE VELVET STAR

 
Linckia guildingi

GREEN LINCKIA

 

 Linckia multifora

SPOTTED LINCKIA

 
Thromidia catalai

CATALA'S STAR

 

 Ophidiaster hemprichi

HEMPRICH'S STAR

Astropecten sp.

SPINY SAND STAR

 

 Luidia aspera

EIGHT-ARMED STAR

INDO-PACIFIC 

Fromia monilis

PEPPERMINT SEA STAR

 

 Fromia indica

INDIAN SEA STAR

 
Linckia laevigata

BLUE SEA STAR

 

 Linckia laevigata

BLUE SEA STAR
Ophidiaster cribrarius

FRAGILE SEA STAR

 

 Choriaster granulatus

GRANULAR SEA STAR
Pentaceraster alveolatus

HONEYCOMB SEA STAR

 

 Protoreaster nodosus

CHOCOLATE CHIP SEA STAR
Echinaster callosus

CALLOUSED SEA STAR

 

 Echinaster luzonicus

LUZON SEA STAR
Nardoa tuberculata

WARTY MESH STAR

 Nardoa novaecaledoniae

CALEDONIAN MESH STAR

 
Nardoa galatheae

BROWN MESH STAR

 

 Nardoa frianti

FRIANT'S SEA STAR
Pentaster obtusatus

BLUNT SEA STAR

  
   

JAPAN 

Certonardoa semiregularis

RED SEA STAR    Akahitode

 

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Astropecten armatus

SOUTHERN SPINY SAND STAR

 

 Linckia columbiae

FRAGILE STAR

 

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Patiria miniata

BAT STAR

 

 Mediaster aequalis

RED SEA STAR

 
Pisaster giganteus

GIANT-SPINED STAR

 

 Pisaster ochraceus

OCHRE STAR

 
Dermasterias imbricata

LEATHER STAR

 

 Henricia leviuscula

BLOOD STAR

 
Pycnopodia helianthoides

GIANT SUNFLOWER STAR

 

 Solaster stimpsoni

STIMPSON'S SUN STAR

 
Evasterias troscheli

FALSE OCHRE STAR

 

 Lepasterias hexactis

SIX-ARM SEA STAR

 
Orthasterias koehleri

RAINBOW STAR

 

 Astrometis sertulifera

FRAGILE RAINBOW STAR

Pisaster brevispinus

SHORT-SPINED STAR

 

 Astropecten verrilli

NORTHERN or CALIFORNIA SPINY SAND STAR

 

WESTERN ATLANTIC 

Echinaster spinulosus

BROWN SPINY SEA STAR

 

 Oreaster reticulatus

RED CUSHION SEA STAR