All Species
66 Species in Family Ophidiasteridae
Nominal species list for Ophidiasteridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Tamaria pusilla (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Tamaria obstipa Ziesenhenne, 1942
Tamaria megaloplax (Bell, 1884)
Tamaria fusca Gray, 1840
Tamaria floridae (Perrier, 1881)
Tamaria dubiosa (Koehler, 1910)
Phataria unifascialis (Gray, 1840) Blue sea star
Pharia pyramidata (Gray, 1840) Yellow spotted star
Ophidiaster macknighti Clark, 1962
Ophidiaster multispinus Liao & Clark, 1996
Ophidiaster ophidianus unspecified Purple seastar
Ophidiaster kermadecensis Benham, 1911
Ophidiaster lorioli Fisher, 1906
Ophidiaster guildingi Gray, 1840 Guilding's star
Ophidiaster helicostichus Sladen, 1889
Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophidiaster cribrarius Lütken, 1871
Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885
Ophidiaster easterensis Ziesenhenne, 1964
Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871 Grained seastar
Ophidiaster colossus Mah, 2021
Ophidiaster chinensis Perrier, 1875
Ophidiaster armatus Koehler, 1910
Ophidiaster alexandri Verrill, 1915
Neoferdina cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Neoferdina offreti (Koehler, 1910)
Nardoa tumulosa Gray, 1840
Nardoa variolata (Bruzelius, 1805)
Nardoa gomophia (Perrier, 1875)
Nardoa novaecaledoniae (Perrier, 1875)
Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840 Mottled sea star
Nardoa frianti Koehler, 1910 Friant's sea star
Nardoa galatheae (Lütken, 1865) Brown meah sea star
Narcissia trigonaria Sladen, 1889
Narcissia gracilis Clark, 1916
Narcissia canariensis (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Linckia nodosa unspecified
Linckia profunda Mah, 2021
Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816) Spotted linckia
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Blue linckia
Linckia guildingii Gray, 1840 Common comet star
Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840 Comet starfish
Linckia columbiae Gray, 1840 Fragile star
Linckia bouvieri unspecified
Leiaster speciosus von Martens, 1866 Velvety sea star
Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)
Leiaster glaber Peters, 1852
Leiaster coriaceus (Peters, 1852)
Heteronardoa diamantinae Rowe, 1976
Heteronardoa carinata (Koehler, 1910)
Hacelia superba unspecified
Hacelia raaraa Mah, 2021
Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840 Smooth starfish
Gomophia gomophia (Perrier, 1875) Nippled sea star
Gomophia egyptiaca Gray, 1840 Egyptian sea star
Gomophia watsoni (Livingstone, 1936)
Gomophia mamillifera (Livingstone, 1930)
Fromia millepora (Lamarck, 1816) Red seastar
Fromia eusticha Fisher, 1913
Drachmaster bullisi Downey, 1970
Dactylosaster cylindricus (Lamarck, 1816)
Copidaster lymani Clark, 1948
Cistina columbiae Gray, 1840
Celerina heffernani (Livingstone, 1931) Heffernani's sea star
Bunaster ritteri Döderlein, 1896
Andora wilsoni Rowe, 1977
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