Oreasteridae
Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oreaster reticulatus, the red cushion star, is the largest sea star in its range, found in the Western Central Atlantic with distinct adult and juvenile habitats.
Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Pentaceraster cumingi is a 30 cm starfish from the East Pacific and Hawaii that reproduces sexually and asexually.
Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830)
Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830)
Protoreaster lincki, the red-knobbed starfish, is a carnivorous Indian Ocean starfish with a distinctive grid-like red and gray pattern.
Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Protoreaster nodosus, the horned sea star, is a chocolate chip-like Pacific starfish that is an opportunistic carnivore.
Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Culcita novaeguineae, the cushion star, is a sea star found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans that hosts multiple associated organisms.
Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805)
Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805)
Culcita schmideliana is an inflated pentagonal tropical western Indo-Pacific starfish that often hosts commensal animals.
Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869
Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869
Choriaster granulatus is a relatively large Indo-Pacific sea star with five short arms, found on shallow coral reef habitats.
Nidorellia armata (Gray, 1840)
Nidorellia armata (Gray, 1840)
Nidorellia armata is the only species in genus Nidorellia, a chocolate chip star found in the warm East Pacific sometimes kept in marine aquariums.
Anthaster valvulatus (Muller & Troschel, 1843)
Anthaster valvulatus (Muller & Troschel, 1843)
Anthaster valvulatus, the brick red seastar, is the only species in the genus Anthaster of the family Oreasteridae.
Pseudoreaster obtusangulus (Lamarck, 1816)
Pseudoreaster obtusangulus (Lamarck, 1816)
Pseudoreaster obtusangulus is the only species in its sea star genus, found off western Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean.
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