Marshall
Islands Starfish (Asteroidea)
This
page links to many of the species of seastars we have observed in the Marshalls.
The various pages show considerable intraspecific color variation, but are not
really intended to be an identification guide. We welcome comments and corrections
at uwkwaj@yahoo.com.
Click on a thumbnail below to bring
up a page with larger photos and information about that species; for variable
species, several different thumbnails may load the same page.
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Commensal and predatory shrimp |
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A few starfish we have seen in other areas.
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Primary references used for species
identification:
Coleman
(2007)
Colin
& Arneson (1995)
Gosliner
et al (1996)
Humann
& DeLoach (2010)
Ryanskiy
(2020)
Starfish
website
Many thanks to Christopher Mah
and Frédéric Ducarme, whose comments have made IDs on this page
much more accurate. However, since I continue to fiddle with the names, any
errors are sure to be mine.