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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROGER CLARK.Additional funding provided by the North Pacific Research Board.
U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | National Marine Fisheries ServiceAlaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington
Purple Orange StarAsterias amurensis
Mottled StarEvasterias trochelli
Giant StarEvasterias echinosoma
Western StarEvasterias retifera
Arctic StarLeptasterias arctica
Aleutian StarLeptasterias hylodes
Rough Skirted StarLeptasterias stolocantha
Greenland StarLeptasterias groenlandica
Scarlet Six-Rayed StarLeptastarias leptodoma
Coe’s Six-Rayed StarLeptasterias coei
Polar Six-Rayed starLeptasterias polaris
Giant Aleutian Six-Rayed StarLeptasterias truculenta
Rainbow StarOrthasterias koehleri
Giant Pink StarPisaster brevispinus
Black spined starLethasterias nanimensis
Fish eating starStylasterias forreri
Bat StarAsterina miniata
Arctic Sand Star Leptychaster arcticus
Pacific Sand StarLeptychaster pacificus
Aleutian Fragile StarCheiraster sp. A
Needle-Spined Fragile Star Nearchaster aciculosus
Variable Fragile StarNearchaster variabilis
Pedicillate Fragile StarNearchaster pedicellaris
Sand StarLuidia foliolata
Fisher’s MyxasteridAsthenactis fisheri
Soft Orange StarPedicellaster magister
Evermann’s StarZoroaster evermani
Giant Slimy StarMyxoderma sacculatum
BrisingidBrisingidae
Pentagonal Sand StarLeptychaster anomalus
Northern Sand StarDipsacaster borealis
Alaskan StarTarsaster alaskanus
Mariana’s Is. StarAmpheraster marianus
Odd Rayed StarStephanasterias albula
Sunflower StarPycnopodia helianthoides
Kamchatka six-rayed starLeptasterias camtschatica
Enigmatic six-rayed starLeptasterias sp. A
Deep Sea Sun Flower StarRathbunaster californicus
Extraordinary Sand StarDipsacaster eximius
Mud StarCtenodiscus crispatus
Seastars of Alaska
Lady Katherine’s six-rayed StarLeptasterias katharinae
Leather StarDermasterias imbricata
Seastars of Alaska
Arctic Cookie StarCeramaster arcticus
Orange Cookie StarCeramaster patagonicus
Stellate Cookie StarCeramaster stellatus
Red Cookie StarCeramaster japonicus
Deep-Sea Cookie StarCeramaster clarkii
Grainy White Cookie StarCladaster alascanus
Southern Spiny StarHippasteria spinosa
California Spiny StarHippasteria californica
Armored Spiny StarHippasteria armata
kurile Spiny StarHippasteria kurilensis
Southeast Alaskan Spiny StarHippasteria sp. E
Pale Spiny StarHippasteria sp. B
Eight-Rayed Cushion StarPteraster octaster
Commander Spiny StarHippasteria sp. D
Delicate StarMediaster tenellus
Aleutian Scarlet StarPseudarchaster alascensis
Northern ScarletStarPseudarchaster parelli
Giant Brown PseudarchasterPseudarchaster dissonus
Northern Slime StarPteraster sp. A
Obscure Cushion StarPteraster obscurus
Wrinkled Cushion StarPteraster militaris
Jordan’s Cushion StarPteraster jordani
Wills’ Cushion StarPteraster willis
Orange Cushion StarPteraster pulvillus
Rough Cushion StarPteraster temnochiton
Spiny Orange Cushion StarPteraster sp. E
Orange Sided Cushion StarPteraster sp. B
Pincushion StarDiplopteraster multipes
Pancake Star Hymenaster sp.
Fuzzy StarPeribolaster biserialis
White StarAnteliaster nannodes
Sea Star UnidentUnknown Family/Genus
Sea Star UnidentUnknown Family/Genus
Zeus’ Shield StarPteraster sp. D
Prickly Cushion StarPteraster marsippus
Bering Deep-Sea PterasterPteraster sp.
Vermillion StarMediaster aequalis
Tesselated Slime StarPteraster tesselatus
Pebbly StarCryptopeltaster lepidonotus
Swift’s StarGephyreaster swifti
Aleutian Spiny StarHippasteria aleutica
Heath’s Spiny StarHippasteria heathi
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROGER CLARK.Additional funding provided by the North Pacific Research Board.
U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | National Marine Fisheries ServiceAlaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington
Seastars of Alaska
Morning Sun StarSolaster dawsoni
Striped Sun StarSolaster stimpsoni
Northern Sun StarSolaster endeca
White Sun StarSolaster hypothrissus
Remarkable Sun StarSolaster sp. A
Bering Sun StarSolaster sp. F
Kessler’s Sun StarSolaster sp. E
Beautiful Sun StarSolaster spectabilis
Serpent Sun StarSolaster sp. D
Brooding Sun StarSolaster hexactis
Deep Sea Sun StarCrossaster borealis
Common Rose StarCrossaster papposus
White Rose StarCrossaster sp. A
Pink Rose StarCrossaster sp. B
Slender Crested StarLophaster sp. A
Vesteraalen’s StarLophaster sp. B
Sandpaper Henricia Henricia aspera
Weak-Meshed HenriciaHenricia asthenactis
Feder’s HenriciaAleutihenricia federi
Fat HenriciaHenricia tumida
Lined Blood StarHenricia sp. A
Mottled HenriciaHenricia sp. C or B
Short-Spined HenriciaHenricia dyscrita
White HenriciaAleutihenricia derjugini
Slender Pale HenriciaHenricia sp. E
Long-Spined HenriciaHenricia longispina
Aleutian Long-Spined HenriciaHenricia longispina aleutica
Violet Toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia sp. A
Pale toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia ahearnae
Golden Toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia sp. C
Purple Toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia violacea
Giant Toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia sp. E
Thorny StarPoraniopsis inflata
Fisher’s Toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia fisheri
Bering HenriciaHenricia beringiania
Fuzzy HenriciaHenricia sp. D
Blood StarHenricia sp.
Spiny HenriciaHenricia multispina
Pink Crested StarLophaster furcilliger
Crested StarLophaster vexator
Ocher Sun StarSolaster sp. G
Canonball Sun StarHeterozonias alternatus
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROGER CLARK.Additional funding provided by the North Pacific Research Board.
U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | National Marine Fisheries ServiceAlaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington