Hawaiian Islands Starfish (Asteroidea)

This page links to some of the starfish we observed in Hawaii in the 1970s and 1980s. It is by no means a complete list, just the species we happened to photograph. For questions or corrections, please contact uwkwaj@yahoo.com.

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Acanthaster cf solaris


Aquilonastra anomala

Aquilonastra anomala

Asteropsis carnifera

Astropecten polyacanthus

Culcita novaeguineae

Leiaster glaber

Leiaster leachi

Linckia multifora

Mithrodia fisheri

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