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Asteroidea: Sea stars, biscuit stars, cushion stars, starfish

 

Acanthaster ellisii Panamic crown-of-thorns seastar

photo of Panamic crown-of-thorns seastar

AST 6272 Acanthaster ellisii Panamic crown-of-thorns seastar, Sea of Cortez.

Panamic crown-of-throns sea star photo

AST 6845 Acanthaster ellisii Panamic crown-of-thorns seastar vertical view, Sea of Cortez.

Panamic crown-of-thorns sea star photo

AST 5567 Acanthaster ellisii Panamic crown-of-thorns seastar side view, Sea of Cortez

Acanthaster planci Crown of Thorns Starfish

photo of crown of thorns seastar

Acanthaster planci Crown of Thorns Starfish

photo crown-of-thorns seastar being collected

Acanthaster planci Crown-of-Thorns seastar being removed from reef, Matamanoa, Fiji.

photo of crown-of-thorns seastart being removed from reef

AST 3609 Dealing with crown-of-thorns outbreak, Acanthaster planci Crown-of-Thorns seastar being removed from reef, Matamanoa, Fiji.

colelcting crown-of-thorns seastar from reef

AST 3612 Dealing with crown-of-thorns outbreak, Acanthaster planci Crown-of-Thorns seastar being removed from reef, Matamanoa, Fiji.

Allostichaster insignis

fiordland seastar photo

Allostichaster insignis Sea star photographed in Fiordland, New Zealand

Amphiaster insignis Spiny seastar

Spiny seastar photo

AST 5966 Amphiaster insignis Spiny seastar, Sea of Cortez.

Asterodon miliaris Orange biscuit star

Asterodon seastar from Fiordland photo

Asterodon miliaris Orange biscuit star photographed in New Zealand's Fiordland

Asterodon sp. Pink biscuit star

Asterodon seastar, Fiordland

Asterodon sp. Fiordland, New Zealand

Asteropsis carinifera Keeled sea star

keeled sea star photo

AST 6717 Asteropsis carinifera Keeled sea star, near Loreto, Sea of Cortez.

Astrostole scabra Seven-armed sea star

Astrostole scarba seastar photo

Astrostole scabra Seven-armed sea star, New Zealand

Comet star

comet star photo

Seastar regenerating new arms and central disk from solitary arm (comet star), presumably torn off by a predator.

Choriaster granulatus Pink cushionstar

cushin star photo

AST 3069 Coriaster granulatus Pink cushionstar, Raja Ampat, West Papua

pink cushionstar

Coriaster granulatus Pink cushionstar, Fiji

Choriaster granulatus cushionstar Puerto Galera, Philippines

AST 8535 Choriaster granulatus cushionstar Puerto Galera, Philippines

Coscinasterias calamaria Eleven-armed sea star

Coscinasterias seastar on kelp

Coscinasterias calamaria (eleven-armed sea star) on kelp in New Zealand's Fiordland

detail of 11-armed seastar

Coscinasterias calamaria (eleven-armed sea star) on kelp in New Zealand's Fiordland detail of central disk.

group of 11-armed seastars

Coscinasterias calamaria (eleven-armed sea star) group in New Zealand's Fiordland

vertical photo of 11-armed seastar group

Coscinasterias calamaria (eleven-armed sea star) group with red hydro-coral Fiordland, New Zealand

Culcita novaeguineae Cushionstar

pincushion star

Culcita novaeguineae Cushionstar and Tubastraea coral, Fiji.

pincushion seastar and soft coral

Culcita novaeguineae Cushionstar and soft coral, Fiji.

Echinaster tenuispina? Thin-spined sea star

Thin-spined sea star photo

AST 5390 Echinaster tenuispina? Thin-spined sea star, near Loreto, Sea of Cortez.

Fromia elegans

Fromia elegans photo

Fromia elegans sea star (Fiji)

Fromia elegans close-up photo

Fromia elegans sea star disk detail.

Fromia elegans seastar photo

Fromia elegans sea star

Fromia indica

Fromia indica photo

AST 3514 Fromia indica on sponges and ascidians, Raja Ampat, West Papua.

Fromia milleporella?

Fromia milleporella photo

Possibly Fromia milleporella. Anyone have an ID for me? Fiji.

Fromia milleporella photo

Fromia milleporella photographed in the Beqa Lagoon, Fiji

Fromia monilis

Fromia monilis photo

AST 2554 Fromia monilis Sea star, Raja Ampat, West Papua

fromia monilis closeup photo

Fromia monilis Sea star, Fiji.

Fromai monilis closeup

AST 2556 Fromia monilis Sea star, closeup of central disk, Raja Ampat, West Papua.

Fromia sp.

Fromai species photo

Fromia ? sp. Photographed at Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Fromia sp. 2

Fromia species

Fromia? sp. Wakatobi, Indonesia

Heliaster kubiniji Gulf sun star

Gulf sun star photo

AST 4916 Heliaster kubiniji Gulf sun star, Sea of Cortez.

Henricia sp. A

Henricia seastart, Fiordland

Henricia sp. A, photographed in Fiordland, New Zealand

Gomphia gomphia

Gomphia sea star photo

AST 1457 Gomphia gomphia central disk detail, Kri Eco, Raja Ampat, West Papua.

Linckia laevigata Blue sea star

Parasitic molluscs on Linckia seastar

Linckia laevigata Blue sea star with parasitic molluscs, Fiji.

Polychaete and parasitic mollusck on Linckia seastar

Linckia laevigata Blue sea star with commensal polychaete and parasitic mollusc

Linckia seastar photo

Linckia laevigata Blue sea star in Fiji

Linckia color morph

Linckia laevigata? colour morph, Fiji.

Linckia multiflora

Linckia mulitflora photo

Linckia multiflora, Fiji.

Linckia multiflora from Raja Ampat photo

AST 0084 Linckia multiflora, Raja Ampat, West Papua.

Linckia multiflora from kadavu, Fiji

AST 3488 Linckia multiflora, Kadavu, Fiji.

Mithrodia bradleyi - Bradley's sea star

Bradley's sea star photo

AST 5959 Mithrodia bradleyi - Bradley's sea star, Sea of Cortez

Mithrodia clavigera

Mithrodia clavigera photo

Mithrodia clavigera, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji.

Mithrodia clavigera, Beqa Lagoon horizontal

Mithrodia clavigera, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji.

Nardoa frianti

Nardoa frianti

Nardoa frianti, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji.

Nardoa frianti disk detail

Nardoa frianti Beqa Lagoon, Fiji. Disk detail.

Nardoa frianti photo

AST 0075 Nardoa frianti on encrusting sponge, Kri Eco, Raja Ampat, West Papua.

Nardoa frianti disk and arm detail

AST 3080 Nardoa frianti central disk and arm detail, Kri Eco, Raja Ampat, West Papua.

Nardoa sp.

Probably Nardoa frianti. Disk detail. Photographed in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Neoferdina sp.

Neoferdina

Neoferdina sp. Sulawesi, Indonesia

Nidorellia armata Chocolate chip sea star

Chocolate chip sea star photo

AST 5416 Nidorellia armata Chocolate chip sea star, Sea of Cortez.

Patiriella regularis New Zealand common cushion star

New Zealand cushion star

Patiriella regularis, the common New Zealand cushion star.

Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic cushion star

Panamic cushin star photo

AST 4665 Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic cushion star, group shot, Sea of Cortez.

Panamic cushion star detail of central disk photo

AST 5081 Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic cushion star, Sea of Cortez.

Panamic cushion star

AST 5083 Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic cushion star, central disk detail, Sea of Cortez.

Panamic cushion star

AST 5145 Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic cushion star, Sea of Cortez.

Pentagonaster dubeni, Vermillion sea star

Pentagonaster dubeni, Vermillion sea star, Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia

AST 7516 Pentagonaster dubeni, Vermillion sea star, Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia

Pentagonaster pulchellus Common Biscuit Star

Pentagonaster pulchellus common biscuit star

Pentagonaster pulchellus Common Biscuit Star, New Zealand

Pharia pyramidata Pyramid sea star

Pyramid sea star photo

AST 5036 Pharia pyramidata, Pyramid sea star, Loreto, Sea of Cortez.

Pyramid sea star detail photo

AST 5662 Pharia pyramidata, Pyramid sea star detail of central disk, Loreto, Sea of Cortez

Phataria unifascialis Tan sea star

TYan se star photo

AST 6593 Phataria unifascialis Tan sea star, Loreto, Sea of Cortez.

Protoreaster nodosus Chocolate chip sea star

Choc chip sea star

AST 0289 Protoreaster nodosus Chocolate chip sea star, Kri Eco, Raja Ampat, West Papua.

Stichaster sp.

Stichaster species, Fiordland

Stichaster sp. sea star on coralline algae in New Zealand's Fiordland

Tamaria stria Tamarisk sea star

Tamarisk sea star photo

AST 5440 Tamaria stria, Tamarisk sea star, Sea of Cortez.

Unidentified sea star

Unidentified seastar on hydroid, Fiji

Any ideas? Echinaster sp? Unidentified sea star on hydroid, Fiji

 


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