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Asterinidae

9 species · Animals

Animalia › Echinodermata › Asteroidea › Valvatida › Asterinidae

Patiria miniata (Brandt, 1835)

Patiria miniata, the bat star, is a colorful Pacific sea star species from Alaska to Baja California that reproduces by spawning.

Patiria pectinifera (Muller & Troschel, 1842)

The blue bat star Patiria pectinifera is an Asterinidae starfish from the northern Pacific used as a developmental biology model organism.

Patiria chilensis (Lutken, 1859)

Patiria chilensis is a small cushion-like starfish from southeastern Pacific South American rocky intertidal zones, affected by copper mine pollution.

Patiriella regularis (Verrill, 1867)

Patiriella regularis is a common New Zealand starfish that has spread to southeastern Australia, with an annual reproductive cycle.

Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)

Meridiastra calcar, the cushion sea star, is a small viviparous omnivorous sea star found in intertidal rocky Australian coasts.

Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)

Meridiastra gunnii is an Australian six-armed sea star of any color that may need taxonomic revision and could be the same as Patiriella brevispina.

Parvulastra exigua (Lamarck, 1816)

Parvulastra exigua is a pentagonal sea star with distinctive spined dorsal patterning, found across southern African, Atlantic island, and Australian coastal waters.