All Species
117 Species in Family Goniasteridae
Nominal species list for Goniasteridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Tosia australis Gray, 1840
Stellaster princeps Sladen, 1889
Stellaster equestris (Retzius, 1805)
Stellaster convexus Jangoux, 1981
Stellaster childreni Gray, 1840
Sphaerodiscus scotocryptus Fisher, 1913
Sphaeriodiscus maui McKnight, 1973
Rosaster symbolicus (Sladen, 1889)
Rosaster mimicus Fisher, 1913
Rosaster bipunctus (Sladen, 1889)
Rosaster confinis (Koehler, 1910)
Rosaster alexandri unspecified
Pseudoceramaster regularis Jangoux, 1981
Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1844) Northern scarlet star
Pseudarchaster pusillus Fisher, 1905
Pseudarchaster mozaicus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
Pseudarchaster jordani Fisher, 1906
Pseudarchaster intermedius unspecified
Pseudarchaster dissonus Fisher, 1910 Giant brown pseudarchaster
Pseudarchaster alascensis Fisher, 1905 Aleutian scarlet star
Pseudarchaster discus Sladen, 1889
Pontioceramus grandis Fisher, 1911
Plinthaster dentatus (Pierrier, 1884)
Pillsburiaster ernesti (Ludwig, 1905)
Pillsburiaster aoteanus (McKnight, 1973)
Perissogonaster insignis Fisher, 1913
Pergamaster incertus (Bell, 1908)
Pentagonaster eximius unspecified
Peltaster planus unspecified
Peltaster cycloplax Fisher, 1913
Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Pawsonaster parvus (Perrier, 1881)
Paragonaster stenostichus Fisher, 1913
Okeanosaster hohonui Mah, 2022
Ogmaster capella (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Nymphaster mucronatus Fisher, 1913
Nymphaster meseres Fisher, 1913
Nymphaster arthrocnemis Fisher, 1913
Nymphaster diomedeae Ludwig, 1905
Nymphaster arenatus (Pierrier, 1881)
Notioceramus anomalus Fisher, 1940
Milteliphaster monstrosus Mah, 2022
Milteliphaster spinosus Clark, 1916
Mediaster tenellus Fisher, 1905 Delicate star
Mediaster sladeni Benham, 1909
Mediaster gartrelli Clark, 2001
Mediaster elegans Ludwig, 1905
Mediaster arcuatus (Sladen, 1889)
Mediaster bairdi (Verrill, 1882)
Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857 Red Sea star
Litonotaster gfoei Mah, 2022
Lithosoma actinometra Fisher, 1911
Lithosoma novaezelandiae McKnight, 1973 Rock star
Kermitaster pacificus Clark, 2001
Iconaster uchelbeluuensis Mah, 2005
Iconaster longimanus (Moebius, 1859) Icon star
Iconaster elegans Jangoux, 1981
Hippasteria spinosa Verrill, 1909 Spiny red star
Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) Trojan star
Hippasteria kurilensis Fisher, 1911 Kurile spiny star
Hippasteria leiopelta unspecified
Hippasteria heathi Fisher, 1905 Heath's spiny star
Hippasteria capstonei Mah, 2022
Hippasteria falklandica Fisher, 1940
Hippasteria californica Fisher, 1905 California spiny star
Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816) Common sunfish
Gephyreaster swifti (Fisher, 1905) Gunpowder star
Fromia pacifica Clark, 1921 Pacific sea star
Fromia polypora Clark, 1916
Fromia monilis Perrier, 1869 Peppermint sea star
Fromia labeosa Arai & Fujita, 2021
Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816)
Fromia hadracantha Clark, 1921
Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869) Indian sea star
Fromia elegans Clark, 1921 Blocked starfish
Ferdina sadhaensis Marsh & Campbell, 1991
Evoplosoma nizinskiae Mah, 2020
Evoplosoma nuku Mah, 2022
Eratosaster jenae Mah, 2011
Eknomiaster macauleyensis Clark, 2001
Cryptopeltaster lepidonotus Fisher, 1904 Pebbly star
Cladaster validus Fisher, 1910
Cladaster analogus Fisher, 1940
Chitonaster johannae Koehler, 1907
Chitonaster trangae Mah, 2011
Chitonaster felli (Clark, 1971)
Chitonaster cataphractus Sladen, 1889
Ceramaster vorax Mah, 2022
Ceramaster smithi Fisher, 1913
Ceramaster stellatus D'yakonov, 1950 Stellate cookie star
Ceramaster leptoceramus (Fisher, 1905)
Ceramaster patagonicus (Sladen, 1889) Orange cookie star
Ceramaster granularis unspecified
Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881)
Ceramaster japonicus (Sladen, 1889) Red bat star
Ceramaster arcticus (Verrill, 1909) Arctic cookie star
Ceramaster clarki Fisher, 1910 Deep-sea cookie star
Calliaster childreni Gray, 1840
Calliaster corynetes Fisher, 1913
Calliaster quadrispinus Liao, 1989
Calliaster spinosus H.L. Clark, 1916
Calliderma emma Gray, 1847
Bathyferdina caelator Arai & Fujita, 2021
Bathyceramaster teres Mah, 2022
Bathyceramaster inornata Mah, 2022
Atheraster symphonia Mah, 2022
Astrothauma euphylacteum Fisher, 1913
Astroceramus lionotus Fisher, 1913
Astroceramus denticulatus McKnight, 2006
Anthenoides tenuis Liao & Clark, 1989
Anthenoides rugulosus Fisher, 1913
Anthenoides lithosorus Fisher, 1913
Anthenoides piercei Perrier, 1881
Anthenoides laevigatus Liao & Clark, 1989
Anthenoides cristatus (Sladen, 1889)
Anthenoides granulosus Fisher, 1913
Anchitosia queenslandensis (Livingstone, 1932)
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