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Solasteridae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Echinodermata › Asteroidea › Valvatida › Solasteridae

Solaster dawsoni, the morning sun star, is a sea star found in the northern Pacific Ocean to depths of 420 m.

Solaster stimpsoni, Stimpson's sun star, is a large multi-armed sea star native to the northern Pacific Ocean.

Solaster endeca (purple sun star) is a 7–13 armed starfish with a circumboreal distribution in cold northern oceans.

Crossaster papposus, the common sunstar, is a circumboreal sea star with short arms that is an omnivorous scavenger.

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