Starfish
35 entries in the Starfish compendium.
AsteroideaEchinoderm class with star-shaped body and hydraulic tube feet.StarfishStarfish are echinoderms with a star-shaped body and hydraulic tube feet.Starfish regenerationStarfish can regrow arms and, rarely, entire bodies from a limb.Sea star wasting diseaseA sporadic disease causing mass starfish mortality and ecosystem disruption.AlloceramasterA genus of sea stars in the family Goniasteridae.AquilonastraA genus of small sea stars with over 20 species.AsteriasA genus of five-armed sea stars native to cold Holarctic waters.AstrometisMonotypic genus of colorful sea star with unique feeding method.AstropectenA genus of sea stars requiring careful observation for species identification.ChoriasterA monotypic genus of large, pale pink sea star.Culcita (echinoderm)Plump, pillow-shaped sea stars of tropical Indo-Pacific reefs.EchinasterA common, well-studied starfish genus with debated species count.HenriciaSlender-armed sea stars that filter phytoplankton.LeptasteriasA genus of six-armed starfish with cryptic species and brooding behavior.LuidiaGenus of starfish with long arms, no anus, and larval cloning.MarthasteriasA genus of two spiny starfish species in the family Asteriidae.MeyenasterMonotypic starfish genus with six arms, dominant in Chilean kelp forests.OrthasteriasA large North Pacific sea star with sharp spines.PycnopodiaA large, critically endangered sea star of the northeast Pacific.RathbunasterA deep-sea starfish with pincer-covered arms and detachable rays.SclerasteriasA starfish genus with six-armed juveniles and five-armed adults.StylasteriasA monotypic genus of large, sticky starfish from the Pacific coast.Paulasterias mcclainiA six-armed pink starfish from deep-sea hydrothermal vents.Paulasterias tyleriFirst starfish found at a hydrothermal vent community.Xyloplax medusiformisA sea daisy first described in 1986 from deep New Zealand waters.Xyloplax turneraeA sea daisy living on deep-sea timber in the Bahamas.ValvatidaAn order of starfish with conspicuous marginal ossicles and tube feet.Asterodiscides truncatusA five-armed starfish with bright tubercles and a commensal shrimp.AsterodiscididaeFamily of starfish with five short tapering arms and wide disc.AlkaidiaExtinct Cretaceous sea stars from Texas and Morocco.CruciformasterExtinct oreasterid sea star from Early Miocene France.LacosteasterExtinct twelve-armed sea star from Miocene France.MenerbesasterExtinct Miocene sea star from France, family Echinasteridae.BrisingidaDeep-sea starfish with long arms for suspension feeding.BrisingidaeDeep-sea starfish with many arms, named after a Norse necklace.
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