Sea Stars

Asteroidea de Blainville 1830

Asteroidea (Sea Stars) is a class of echinoderms. There are 2171 species of Sea Stars, in 403 genera and 40 families.

EOL has data for 9 attributes, including:

known marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
- Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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1922
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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sea
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000016
- Definition: A large expanse of saline water usually connected with an ocean.
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harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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New Zealand
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2186224
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undescribed marine species present in museum collections
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndescribedSpeciesInMuseumCollections
- Definition: "marine species in this clade which are currently represented in specimen collections (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"
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125

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of sea stars. View this species on GBIF

The environments in which many sea stars species are known to live. Select an environment to see its sea stars species checklist.

The environments in which many sea stars species are known to live. Select an environment to see its sea stars species checklist.