Acanthaster ellisii Panamic crown-of-thorns seastar |
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AST 6272 Acanthaster ellisii Panamic crown-of-thorns seastar, Sea of Cortez. |
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AST 6845 Acanthaster ellisii Panamic crown-of-thorns seastar vertical view, Sea of Cortez. |
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AST 5567 Acanthaster ellisii Panamic crown-of-thorns seastar side view, Sea of Cortez |
Acanthaster planci Crown of Thorns Starfish |
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Acanthaster planci Crown of Thorns Starfish
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Acanthaster planci Crown-of-Thorns seastar being removed from reef, Matamanoa, Fiji. |
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AST 3609 Dealing with crown-of-thorns outbreak, Acanthaster planci Crown-of-Thorns seastar being removed from reef, Matamanoa, Fiji. |
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AST 3612 Dealing with crown-of-thorns outbreak, Acanthaster planci Crown-of-Thorns seastar being removed from reef, Matamanoa, Fiji. |
Allostichaster insignis |
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Allostichaster
insignis Sea star photographed
in Fiordland, New Zealand
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Amphiaster insignis Spiny seastar |
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AST 5966 Amphiaster insignis Spiny seastar, Sea of Cortez. |
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Asterodon miliaris Orange biscuit star photographed
in New Zealand's Fiordland
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Asterodon sp. Pink biscuit
star
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Asterodon sp. Fiordland, New
Zealand
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Asteropsis carinifera Keeled sea star |
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AST 6717 Asteropsis carinifera Keeled sea star, near Loreto, Sea of Cortez. |
Astrostole
scabra Seven-armed sea star |
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Astrostole
scabra Seven-armed sea star, New Zealand
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Comet star |
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Seastar regenerating new arms and central disk from solitary arm (comet star), presumably torn off by a predator. |
Choriaster
granulatus Pink cushionstar |
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AST 3069 Coriaster granulatus Pink
cushionstar, Raja Ampat, West Papua
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Coriaster granulatus Pink
cushionstar, Fiji
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AST 8535 Choriaster granulatus cushionstar Puerto Galera, Philippines
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Coscinasterias calamaria (eleven-armed sea star)
on kelp in New Zealand's Fiordland
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Coscinasterias calamaria (eleven-armed sea star)
on kelp in New Zealand's Fiordland detail of central disk. |
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Coscinasterias calamaria (eleven-armed sea star)
group in New Zealand's Fiordland |
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Coscinasterias
calamaria (eleven-armed
sea star) group with red hydro-coral Fiordland, New Zealand
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Culcita novaeguineae Cushionstar |
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Culcita novaeguineae Cushionstar and Tubastraea coral, Fiji. |
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Culcita novaeguineae Cushionstar and soft coral, Fiji. |
Echinaster tenuispina? Thin-spined sea star |
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AST 5390 Echinaster tenuispina? Thin-spined sea star, near Loreto, Sea of Cortez. |
Fromia elegans |
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Fromia elegans sea
star (Fiji) |
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Fromia elegans sea star disk detail. |
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Fromia elegans sea star |
Fromia indica |
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AST 3514 Fromia indica on sponges and ascidians, Raja Ampat, West Papua. |
Fromia milleporella? |
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Possibly Fromia milleporella.
Anyone have an ID for me? Fiji.
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Fromia milleporella photographed
in the Beqa Lagoon, Fiji
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AST 2554 Fromia monilis Sea star, Raja Ampat, West Papua
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Fromia monilis Sea star, Fiji. |
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AST 2556 Fromia monilis Sea star, closeup of central disk, Raja Ampat, West Papua. |
Fromia sp. |
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Fromia ? sp. Photographed at Wakatobi, Sulawesi,
Indonesia
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Fromia sp. 2 |
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Fromia? sp. Wakatobi, Indonesia
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Heliaster kubiniji Gulf sun star |
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AST 4916 Heliaster kubiniji Gulf sun star, Sea of Cortez. |
Henricia sp.
A |
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Henricia sp.
A, photographed in Fiordland, New Zealand
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Gomphia gomphia |
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AST 1457 Gomphia gomphia central disk detail, Kri Eco, Raja Ampat, West Papua. |
Linckia
laevigata Blue sea star |
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Linckia laevigata Blue sea star with parasitic molluscs, Fiji. |
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Linckia laevigata Blue sea star with commensal
polychaete and parasitic mollusc |
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Linckia laevigata Blue sea star in Fiji
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Linckia laevigata? colour morph, Fiji.
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Linckia multiflora |
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Linckia multiflora, Fiji. |
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AST 0084 Linckia multiflora, Raja Ampat, West Papua. |
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AST 3488 Linckia multiflora, Kadavu, Fiji. |
Mithrodia bradleyi - Bradley's sea star |
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AST 5959 Mithrodia bradleyi - Bradley's sea star, Sea of Cortez |
Mithrodia clavigera |
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Mithrodia clavigera, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji. |
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Mithrodia clavigera, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji. |
Nardoa frianti |
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Nardoa frianti, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji.
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Nardoa frianti Beqa Lagoon, Fiji. Disk detail. |
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AST 0075 Nardoa frianti on encrusting sponge, Kri Eco, Raja Ampat, West Papua. |
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AST 3080 Nardoa frianti central disk and arm detail, Kri Eco, Raja Ampat, West Papua.
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Nardoa sp. |
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Probably Nardoa frianti. Disk detail. Photographed
in Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Neoferdina sp. |
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Neoferdina sp. Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Nidorellia armata Chocolate chip sea star |
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AST 5416 Nidorellia armata Chocolate chip sea star, Sea of Cortez. |
Patiriella regularis New Zealand common cushion star |
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Patiriella regularis, the common New Zealand cushion star. |
Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic cushion star |
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AST 4665 Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic cushion star, group shot, Sea of Cortez. |
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AST 5081 Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic cushion star, Sea of Cortez. |
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AST 5083 Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic cushion star, central disk detail, Sea of Cortez. |
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AST 5145 Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic cushion star, Sea of Cortez. |
Pentagonaster dubeni, Vermillion sea star |
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AST 7516 Pentagonaster dubeni, Vermillion sea star, Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia
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Pentagonaster pulchellus Common Biscuit Star |
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Pentagonaster
pulchellus Common
Biscuit Star, New Zealand
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Pharia pyramidata Pyramid sea star |
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AST 5036 Pharia pyramidata, Pyramid sea star, Loreto, Sea of Cortez. |
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AST 5662 Pharia pyramidata, Pyramid sea star detail of central disk, Loreto, Sea of Cortez |
Phataria unifascialis Tan sea star |
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AST 6593 Phataria unifascialis Tan sea star, Loreto, Sea of Cortez. |
Protoreaster nodosus Chocolate chip sea star |
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AST 0289 Protoreaster nodosus Chocolate chip sea star, Kri Eco, Raja Ampat, West Papua. |
Stichaster sp. |
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Stichaster sp. sea star on coralline algae in
New Zealand's Fiordland
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Tamaria stria Tamarisk sea star |
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AST 5440 Tamaria stria, Tamarisk sea star, Sea of Cortez. |
Unidentified sea star |
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Any ideas? Echinaster sp? Unidentified
sea star on hydroid, Fiji
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