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Asteriid Sea Stars
Asteriidae
The Asteriidae are a diverse family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It is one of three families in the order Forcipulatida.
39 branches of this family, most-observed first
Giant Sea Stars
genusPisaster
Evasterias
genusEvasterias
Asterias
genusAsterias
Leptasterias
genusLeptasterias
Coscinasterias
genusCoscinasterias
Long-armed Starfishes
genusMarthasterias
Pycnopodiinae
subfamilyPycnopodiinae
Orthasterias
genusOrthasterias
Meyenaster
genusMeyenaster
Stylasterias
genusStylasterias
Astrostole
genusAstrostole
Anasterias
genusAnasterias
Astrometis
genusAstrometis
Diplasterias
genusDiplasterias
Rathbunaster
genusRathbunaster
Sclerasterias
genusSclerasterias
Urasterias
genusUrasterias
Lethasterias
genusLethasterias
Coronaster
genusCoronaster
Icasterias
genusIcasterias
Distolasterias
genusDistolasterias
Lysasterias
genusLysasterias
Aphelasterias
genusAphelasterias
Stephanasterias
genusStephanasterias
Cryptasterias
genusCryptasterias
Notasterias
genusNotasterias
Plazaster
genusPlazaster
Perissasterias
genusPerissasterias
Calasterias
genusCalasterias
Kenrickaster
genusKenrickaster
Psalidaster
genusPsalidaster
Saliasterias
genusSaliasterias
Taranuiaster
genusTaranuiaster
Tarsastrocles
genusTarsastrocles
Bernasconiaster
genusBernasconiaster
Stolasterias
genusStolasterias
Adelasterias
genusAdelasterias
Caimanaster
genusCaimanaster
Aphanasterias
genusAphanasterias
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Asteriidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47671.