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Common Starfish, Ocher Seastar, Spiny Starfish, Sand Star, Sunstar, Crown of Thorns, Cushion Star, Bloody Henry, Red Star, Egyptian Starfish, Panamic Cushion Seastar, Red General Star, Chocolate Chip Seastar, Pyramid Seastar
click on the thumbnail images on the right of the table to see a larger preview of each image| Reference Number | English Name | Scientific Name | Photo Details: | Native Region of Species | Largest Image Size Available (in pixels) | Preview | |||
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| mf 0762 | Common Starfish | Asterias rubens | upperside on sea bed | Wreck of Vera, Dorset | England | Europe | North Atlantic | 3300 x 2200 |
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| ks 0745 | Ocher Seastar | Pisaster ochraceus | upperside on rock | California | USA | North America | North Pacific | 3300 x 2200 |
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| ks 0622 | Ocher Seastar | Pisaster ochraceus | group on rock | California | USA | North America | North Pacific | 3300 x 2200 |
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| ks 0623 | Ocher Seastar | Pisaster ochraceus | group on rock | California | USA | North America | North Pacific | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0603 | Spiny Starfish | Marthasterias glacialis | upperside on rock | captive | - | - | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0604 | Spiny Starfish | Marthasterias glacialis | upperside on rock | captive | - | - | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0770 | Spiny Starfish | Marthasterias glacialis | closeup of central disc | captive | - | - | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0771 | Spiny Starfish | Marthasterias glacialis | closeup of underside | captive | - | - | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0772 | Sand Star | Astropecten irregularis | upperside on sandy sea bed | Limassol, Cyprus | Greece | Europe | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0773 | Sand Star | Astropecten irregularis | burying into sandy sea bed | Limassol, Cyprus | Greece | Europe | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0774 | Sand Star | Astropecten spp | upperside on sandy sea bed | Larnaca, Cyprus | Greece | Europe | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0642 | Sunstar | Crossaster papposus | upperside on rock | captive | - | - | North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic Oceans | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0643 | Sunstar | Crossaster papposus | underside | captive | - | - | North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic Oceans | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0644 | Sunstar | Crossaster papposus | closeup of underside showing mouth | captive | - | - | North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic Oceans | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0645 | Sunstar | Crossaster papposus | closeup of mouth | captive | - | - | North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic Oceans | 1500 x 1000 |
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| am 0011 | Crown of Thorns Starfish | Acanthaster planci | upperside on sea bed | Tioman Island | Malaysia | Asia | Indo-Pacific Oceans | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0765 | Cushion Star | Asterina gibbosa | upperside on sea bed | East Fleet, Dorset | England | Europe | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0766 | Cushion Star | Asterina gibbosa | underside on sea bed | East Fleet, Dorset | England | Europe | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0763 | Bloody Henry | Henricia oculata | upperside on sea bed | White Nothe, Dorset | England | Europe | North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic Oceans | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0764 | Bloody Henry | Henricia oculata | underside on sea bed | White Nothe, Dorset | England | Europe | North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic Oceans | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0767 | Red Star | Echinaster sepositus | upperside on rocks | Three Tunnels, Fethiye | Turkey | Europe | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0768 | Red Star | Echinaster sepositus | upperside on rocks | Balaban Island, Fethiye | Turkey | Europe | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| mf 0769 | Red Star | Echinaster sepositus | closeup of upperside | Akrotiri, Cyprus | Greece | Europe | North Atlantic and Mediterranean | 3300 x 2200 |
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| da 0002 | Egyptian Starfish | Gomophia egyptiaca | upperside on rocks | Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea | Egypt | Africa | Red Sea | 3300 x 2200 |
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| da 0003 | Egyptian Starfish | Gomophia egyptiaca | upperside on rocks | Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea | Egypt | Africa | Red Sea | 3300 x 2200 |
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| ks 0548 | Panamic Cushion Seastar | Pentaceraster cummingi | upperside on rocks | Galapagos Islands | Ecuador | South America | Pacific Ocean | 600 x 400 |
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| bf 0558 | Red General Star (African Red-Knob Star) | Protoreaster lincki | upperside on gravel | captive | - | - | Indian Ocean | 600 x 400 |
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| ks 0555 | Chocolate Chip Seastar | Nidorellia armata | upperside on rocks | Galapagos Islands | Ecuador | South America | Pacific Ocean | 600 x 400 |
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| ks 0556 | Pyramid Seastar | Pharia pyramidata | upperside on rocks | Galapagos Islands | Ecuador | South America | Pacific Ocean | 600 x 400 |
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