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112 Species in Family Astropectinidae
Nominal species list for Astropectinidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Astromesites compactus Fisher, 1913
Astropecten acanthifer Sladen, 1883
Astropecten africanus Koehler, 1911
Astropecten alligator Perrier, 1881
Astropecten americanus (Verrill, 1880)
Astropecten andersoni Sladen, 1888
Astropecten antillensis Lütken, 1860
Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758) Comb star
Astropecten armatus Gray, 1840 Spiny sand star
Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825) Royal sea star
Astropecten bengalensis Döderlein, 1917
Astropecten benthophilus Ludwig, 1905
Astropecten bispinosus (Otto, 1823)
Astropecten brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Astropecten cingulatus Sladen, 1883
Astropecten comptus Verrill, 1915
Astropecten debilis Koehler, 1910
Astropecten dubiosus Mortensen, 1925
Astropecten duplicatus Gray, 1840 Two-spined star fish
Astropecten eucnemis Fisher, 1919
Astropecten fasciatus Döderlein, 1926
Astropecten granulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Astropecten hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Astropecten hermatophilus Sladen, 1883
Astropecten ibericus Perrier, 1894
Astropecten indicus Döderlein, 1888
Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)
Astropecten jonstoni (Delle Chiaje, 1827) Jonston's sea star
Astropecten kagoshimensis de Loriol, 1899
Astropecten karankawai Lawrence et al., 2018
Astropecten luzonicus Fisher, 1913
Astropecten malayanus Döderlein, 1917
Astropecten marginatus Gray, 1840
Astropecten mcedwardi Cobb, Lawrence, Herrera & Janies, 2019
Astropecten minadensis Döderlein, 1917
Astropecten mindanensis Döderlein, 1917
Astropecten monacanthus Sladen, 1883
Astropecten nitidus unspecified
Astropecten novaeguinae Döderlein, 1917
Astropecten nuttingi unspecified
Astropecten ornatissimus Fisher, 1906 Orange sand star
Astropecten platyacanthus (Philippi, 1837)
Astropecten polyacanthus Müller & Troschel, 1842 Brown spotted combstar
Astropecten primigenius Mortensen, 1925
Astropecten pugnax Koehler, 1910
Astropecten pusillus Sluiter, 1889
Astropecten regalis Gray, 1840
Astropecten sanctaehelenae Mortensen, 1933
Astropecten sarasinorum Döderlein, 1917
Astropecten scoparius Müller & Troschel, 1842
Astropecten sinicus Döderlein, 1917
Astropecten spinulosus (Philippi, 1837) Slender sea star
Astropecten sulcatus Ludwig, 1905
Astropecten tamilicus Döderlein, 1888
Astropecten umbrinus Grube, 1866
Astropecten vappa Müller & Troschel, 1843
Astropecten variegatus Mortensen, 1933
Astropecten velitaris von Martens, 1865
Astropecten verrilli de Loriol, 1899 California sand star
Bathybiaster loripes Sladen, 1889
Bathybiaster vexillifer unspecified
Craspidaster hesperus (Müller & Troschel, 1840)
Ctenophaster diploctenius Fisher, 1913
Ctenopleura astropectinides Fisher, 1913
Ctenopleura ludwigi (De Loriol, 1899)
Ctenopleura sinica (Döderlein, 1917)
Dipsacaster anoplus Fisher, 1910
Dipsacaster borealis Fisher, 1910 Northern sand star
Dipsacaster eximius Fisher, 1905 Extraordinary sand star
Dipsacaster fisheri Lane & Vimono, 2020
Dipsacaster imperialis Fisher, 1917
Dipsacaster magnificus (Clark, 1916) Magnificent sea-star
Dipsacaster pretiosus (Döderlein, 1902)
Dytaster gilberti Fisher, 1905
Dytaster grandis unspecified
Leptychaster anomalus Fisher, 1906 Pentagonal sand star
Leptychaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889
Leptychaster arcticus (Sars, 1850) Arctic sand star
Leptychaster flexuosus (Koehler, 1920)
Leptychaster inermis (Ludwig, 1905)
Leptychaster kerguelenensis Smith, 1876
Leptychaster pacificus Fisher, 1906 Pale star
Leptychaster propinquus Fisher, 1910
Lonchotaster tartareus Sladen, 1889
Macroptychaster accrescens (Koehler, 1920)
Mimastrella cognata (Sladen, 1889) Soft tangerine starfish
Persephonaster armiger Ludwig, 1905
Persephonaster echinulatus unspecified
Persephonaster habrogenys Fisher, 1913
Persephonaster tenuis Fisher, 1913
Plutonaster agassizi (Verrill, 1880)
Plutonaster bifrons (Thomson, 1873)
Plutonaster efforescens unspecified
Plutonaster hikurangi Clark & McKnight, 2000
Plutonaster intermedius unspecified
Plutonaster knoxi Fell, 1958 Abyssal star
Proserpinaster anchistus (Fisher, 1913)
Proserpinaster euryactis (Fisher, 1913)
Proserpinaster luzonicus (Fisher, 1913)
Proserpinaster neozelanicus (Mortensen, 1925)
Psilaster acuminatus Sladen, 1889 Geometric star
Psilaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Psilaster cassiope unspecified
Psilaster charcoti (Koehler, 1906)
Psilaster florae unspecified
Psilaster pectinatus (Fisher, 1905)
Tethyaster aulophora (Fisher, 1911)
Tethyaster canaliculatus (Clark, 1916) Channeled sea star
Tethyaster grandis (Verrill, 1899)
Tethyaster subinermis (Philippi, 1837)
Tethyaster vestitus unspecified
Thrissacanthias penicillatus (Fisher, 1905)
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