Starfish, Part 2
36 entries in the Starfish, Part 2 compendium.
Freyella elegansA deep-sea starfish with twelve arms and a complex taxonomic history.FreyellidaeDeep-sea starfish family with small disc and long arms.Novodinia antillensisDeep-sea starfish with claw-like pedicellariae and possibly non-functional eyespots.ForcipulatidaOrder of sea stars with three families and 49 genera.Zoroaster fulgensDeep-sea starfish with three morphotypes and cryptic speciation.ZoroasteridaeOne of three families of sea stars in order Forcipulatida.Trophodiscus almusA deep-water starfish that broods young on its upper surface.Luidia ciliarisA seven-armed sea star that engulfs prey larger than its mouth.Luidia clathrataA tropical starfish with slender arms and regenerative ability.Luidia foliolataA fast-moving starfish of soft seabeds in the northeastern Pacific.Luidia maculataA large, smooth starfish with eight arms, native to the Indo-Pacific.Luidia magellanicaLarge, aggressive predator of echinoderms in the southeastern Pacific.Luidia magnificaA large, fast-moving starfish with variable colors and up to 11 arms.Luidia quinariaA starfish with medicinal potential found in East Asian waters.Luidia savignyiA large, swift starfish that swallows its prey whole.Luidia superbaProbably the largest five-armed starfish in the world.EchinasteridaeA family of starfish with eight genera and about 133 species.Henricia leviusculaPacific blood star: a small, smooth-rayed sea star of the Pacific coast.Henricia lisaDeep-water starfish with dual-egg spawning strategy.Henricia oculataA five-armed starfish native to northwestern Europe, first described in 1777.Henricia pumilaA small brooding blood star of the eastern Pacific.Henricia sanguinolentaA colorful sea star that broods its eggs under its disk.Acanthaster brevispinusA short-spined crown-of-thorns starfish with a broad but patchy distribution.Archaster typicusA starfish that performs pseudocopulation and buries in sand.AsterinidaeA family of small, cryptic sea stars with crescent-shaped plates.Aquilonastra burtoniA small sea star that colonized the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.Aquilonastra chantalaeA small, fissiparous starfish from the Mozambique Channel.Aquilonastra conandaeA small, fissiparous starfish from the Mascarene Islands.Cryptasterina hysteraA recently diverged, viviparous starfish from coastal Australia.Cryptasterina pentagonaA pentagonal starfish that broadcasts eggs, diverging recently from a viviparous relative.Meridiastra calcarAn Australian sea star with eight arms and variable coloration.Nepanthia belcheriA starfish that reproduces by splitting in two.Parvulastra parviviparaThe smallest known starfish, viviparous and endemic to South Australia.Parvulastra viviparaOne of six viviparous seastars, critically endangered in Tasmania.Patiria chilensisA small, cushion-like starfish in the southeastern Pacific.Patiria miniataA Pacific sea star with webbed arms and a wide central disk.
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