Asteroidea class (Sea Stars)
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Sea Stars
Asteroidea class
Location: Stripe Rock, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/7/2008
Remarks: (top)
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Pycnopodia helianthoides (Sunflower Sea Star)
Life (root) » Animalia (Animals) » Echinodermata (Echinoderms) » Asterozoa (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars) » Asteroidea (Sea Stars) » Forcipulatacea (Forcipulatacean Sea Stars) » Forcipulatida (Forcipulatidan Sea Stars) » Asteriidae (Asteriid Sea Stars) » Pycnopodiinae » Pycnopodia » Pycnopodia helianthoides (Sunflower Sea Star)
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Sunflower Sea Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Location: Kodiak, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/7/2008
Location: Kodiak, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/7/2008
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Sunflower Sea Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Location: Kodiak, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/7/2008
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Sunflower Sea Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Location: Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/4/2008
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Sunflower Sea Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Location: Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/4/2008
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Sunflower Sea Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Location: Kaguyak Bay, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/4/2008
Remarks: Star Fish, Kaguyak Bay
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Location: Kaguyak Bay, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/4/2008
Remarks: Star Fish, Kaguyak Bay
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Location: Kaguyak Bay, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/4/2008
Remarks: Star Fish, Kaguyak Bay
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Sunflower Sea Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Location: Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/4/2008
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Sunflower Sea Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Location: Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/4/2008
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Location: Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/4/2008
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Sunflower Sea Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Location: Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/4/2008
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Coscinasterias muricata (Eleven-armed Sea Star)
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Eleven-armed Sea Star
Coscinasterias muricata
Location: Abel Tasman National Park, Tasman, New Zealand
Photo Date: 2/11/2020
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Eleven-armed Sea Star
Coscinasterias muricata
Location: Abel Tasman National Park, Tasman, New Zealand
Photo Date: 2/11/2020
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Location: Abel Tasman National Park, Tasman, New Zealand
Photo Date: 2/11/2020
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Evasterias troschelii (Mottled Star)
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Mottled Star
Evasterias troschelii
Location: gustavus, AK
Photo Date: 5/14/2006
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Orthasterias koehleri (Rainbow Star)
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Rainbow Star
Orthasterias koehleri
Location: Foul Bay, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/7/2008
Remarks: (bottom)
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Patiriella regularis (New Zealand Common Cushion Star)
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New Zealand Common Cushion Star
Patiriella regularis
Location: Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
Photo Date: 2/17/2023
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New Zealand Common Cushion Star
Patiriella regularis
Location: Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
Photo Date: 2/17/2023
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New Zealand Common Cushion Star
Patiriella regularis
Location: Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
Photo Date: 2/17/2023
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New Zealand Common Cushion Star
Patiriella regularis
Location: Banks Peninsula Community, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand/Aotearoa
Photo Date: 2/12/2023
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Oreaster reticulatus (Red Cushion Sea Star)
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Red Cushion Sea Star
Oreaster reticulatus
Location: San Blas, Panama
Photo Date: 5/19/2007
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Red Cushion Sea Star
Oreaster reticulatus
Location: San Blas, Panama
Photo Date: 5/19/2007
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Red Cushion Sea Star
Oreaster reticulatus
Location: Chub Cay, The Bahamas
Photo Date: 2/7/2006
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Dermasterias imbricata (Leather Star)
Life (root) » Animalia (Animals) » Echinodermata (Echinoderms) » Asterozoa (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars) » Asteroidea (Sea Stars) » Valvatacea (Valvatacean Sea Stars) » Valvatida (Valvatidan Sea Stars) » Asteropseidae » Dermasterias » Dermasterias imbricata (Leather Star)
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Leather Star
Dermasterias imbricata
Location: Kodiak, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/7/2008
Location: Kodiak, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/7/2008
Location: Kodiak, Kodiak Island County, AK
Photo Date: 8/7/2008
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Linckia genus
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Linckia genus
Location: Molokini Crater, Maui County, HI
Photo Date: 12/25/2007
Location: Molokini Crater, Maui County, HI
Photo Date: 12/25/2007
Remarks: (for color comparison)
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Linckia laevigata (Blue Linckia)
Life (root) » Animalia (Animals) » Echinodermata (Echinoderms) » Asterozoa (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars) » Asteroidea (Sea Stars) » Valvatacea (Valvatacean Sea Stars) » Valvatida (Valvatidan Sea Stars) » Ophidiasteridae » Linckia » Linckia laevigata (Blue Linckia)
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Blue Linckia
Linckia laevigata
Location: Lautoka, Ba, Western, Fiji
Photo Date: 2/2/2023
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Blue Linckia
Linckia laevigata
Location: Lautoka, Ba, Western, Fiji
Photo Date: 2/2/2023
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Blue Linckia
Linckia laevigata
Location: Nadroga-Navosa, Western, Fiji
Photo Date: 2/1/2023
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Linckia multifora (Spotted Linckia)
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Spotted Linckia
Linckia multifora
Location: Niihau Island, Kauai County, HI
Photo Date: 6/14/2008
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Phataria unifascialis (Blue Sea Star)
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Blue Sea Star
Phataria unifascialis
Location: Puerto Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México
Photo Date: 6/11/2007
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Acanthaster genus (Crown-of-thorns Sea Stars)
Life (root) » Animalia (Animals) » Echinodermata (Echinoderms) » Asterozoa (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars) » Asteroidea (Sea Stars) » Valvatacea (Valvatacean Sea Stars) » Valvatida (Valvatidan Sea Stars) » Acanthasteridae (Crown-of-thorns Sea Stars) » Acanthaster (Crown-of-thorns Sea Stars)
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Crown-of-thorns Sea Stars
Acanthaster genus
Location: Niihau Island, Kauai County, HI
Photo Date: 6/14/2008
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Acanthaster planci (Long-spined Crown-of-Thorns)
Life (root) » Animalia (Animals) » Echinodermata (Echinoderms) » Asterozoa (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars) » Asteroidea (Sea Stars) » Valvatacea (Valvatacean Sea Stars) » Valvatida (Valvatidan Sea Stars) » Acanthasteridae (Crown-of-thorns Sea Stars) » Acanthaster (Crown-of-thorns Sea Stars) » Acanthaster planci (Long-spined Crown-of-Thorns)
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Long-spined Crown-of-Thorns
Acanthaster planci
Location: Cocos Island, Cost Rica
Photo Date: 6/30/2009
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Luidia alternata (Two-banded Sea Star)
Life (root) » Animalia (Animals) » Echinodermata (Echinoderms) » Asterozoa (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars) » Asteroidea (Sea Stars) » Valvatacea (Valvatacean Sea Stars) » Paxillosida (Paxillosidan Sea Stars) » Luidiidae (Luidia Sea Stars) » Luidia (Luidia Sea Stars) » Luidia alternata (Two-banded Sea Star)
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Two-banded Sea Star
Luidia alternata
Location: Chub Cay, The Bahamas
Photo Date: 2/7/2006
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