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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Echinoderms
  4. Sea Stars
  5. Valvatacean Sea Stars
  6. Valvatidan Sea Stars

order

Valvatidan Sea Stars

Valvatida

Includes
21 native 17 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Solasterid Sun Stars 5 native
  • Biscuit Stars 5 native
  • Poraniidae 3 native
  • Ophidiasteridae 2 native
  • Asteropseidae 2 native
  • Cushion Stars and Allies 1 native
  • Crown-of-thorns Sea Stars 1 native
  • Mithrodiidae 1 native
  • Cushion Sea Stars 1 native
  • Archasteridae
  • Asterodiscididae
  • Odontasteridae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native valvatidan sea stars All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Bat Star Patiria miniata 22,764 observations
  • Leather Star Dermasterias imbricata 17,460 observations
  • Pacific Ocean Crown-of-Thorns Acanthaster solaris 2,539 observations
  • Vermilion Star Mediaster aequalis 1,220 observations
  • Tamarisk Sea Star Linckia columbiae 456 observations
  • Sheriff-badge Sea Star Asteropsis carinifera 360 observations
  • Fisher's Star Mithrodia fisheri 301 observations

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