Species Gallery (Asteroidea)
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Anseropoda placenta specimens, larger specimen approximately 15 cm long.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
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Anseropoda placenta - at Lunga, Firth of Lorne, west Scotland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
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Anseropoda placenta - Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
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Anseropoda placenta - slightly burried at Bo na Surraig, Loch Tealasavay, west Scotland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
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Anseropoda placenta at Sgeir Hal, Loch Seaforth, west Scotland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
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Anseropoda placenta on shelly sand.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Common starfish Asterias rubens. A damaged small individual regrowing its arms is in the foreground.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Asterias rubens feeding on Mytilus edulis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Asterias rubens on a dark rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Asterias rubens on scallop shell.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Asterias rubens spawning in West Scotland.
Copyright: Prof. Jason Hall-Spencer
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Collection of Asterias rubens illustrating variation in size.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
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Common starfish.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Juvenile Asterias rubens on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Juvenile Asterias rubens.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
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Many Asterias rubens individuals grouped together.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Oral view of Asterias rubens eating a topshell.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Pair of Asterias rubens on a sandy shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Asterina gibbosa cushion star.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Asterina gibbosa at Bovisand, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Asterina gibbosa on a ledge.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Asterina gibbosa on over turned boulder.
Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters
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The cushion star Asterina gibbosa.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
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Yellow colour morph of Asterina gibbosa.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
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Close-up of the aboral (top) side of a cushion star found in an intertidal rockpool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
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Asterina phylactica
Copyright: Rob Jutsum
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Asterina phylactica
Copyright: Rob Jutsum
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Asterina phylactica with periwinkle.
Copyright: Rob Jutsum
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Close-up of the oral (underside) side of a cushion star found in an intertidal rockpool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
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The aboral (top) side of a cushion star found in an intertidal rockpool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
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Astropecten irregularis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Astropecten irregularis on a sandy seabed.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Astropecten irregularis on Aberavon beach.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Astropecten irregularis on the shore at Three Cliff Bay.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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A large and a small Astropecten irregularis specimen.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Close up of Astropecten irregularis in a laboratory.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
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Crossaster papposus, sunstar .
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Crossaster papposus
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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Crossaster papposus at Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Crossaster papposus next to sponge.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Crossaster papposus.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Medium-sized Crossaster papposus on some wood.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
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Two Crossaster papposus showing range in size between juvenile and adult.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
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Red starfish off Brittany.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Henricia oculata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Henricia oculata at Strome Narrows, Loch Carron in Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Henricia oculata in Doune.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Henricia oculata on Maerl beds in the Creag Gobhainn area of Loch Fyne at 15m depth.
Copyright: Prof. Jason Hall-Spencer
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Henricia oculata, the Bloody Henry starfish.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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A bloody henry starfish
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri specimen.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
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Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri brooding its eggs on Modiolus beds at Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
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Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri brooding its eggs on Modiolus beds at Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
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Purple and white Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
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Luidia ciliaris.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Luidia ciliaris on a sandy seabed.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Luidia ciliaris on the western side of the Eddystone reef, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Luidia ciliaris, the seven armed stafish.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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A predatory Luidia ciliaris sea star.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Close up view of Luidia ciliaris arms and tube feet.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Large seven-armed starfish amongst brittle stars.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Small orange Luidia ciliaris individual.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Small spiny starfish.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Marthasterias glacialis at 2 m depth, Wembury, South Devon.
Copyright: Guy Baker
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Marthasterias glacialis covered in dirt.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Marthasterias glacialis crawling under an overhand.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Marthasterias glacialis feeding on Cancer pagurus, showing a large array of pedicellariae
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Marthasterias glacialis in rockpool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Marthasterias glacialis on an intertidal rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Marthasterias glacialis with Corella sp. and Botrylloides schlosseri under boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Close up of central disc of Marthasterias glacialis showing mobile and wreath pedicellariae
Copyright: Paul Newland
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The tip of a Marthasterias glacialis leg.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Two new arms formed on Marthasterias glacialis
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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Porania (Porania) pulvillus on the Manacles, Lizard Point, southwest Cornwall..
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Porania (Porania) pulvillus
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Porania (porania) pulvillus
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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Porania (Porania) pulvillus red cushion star
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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Porania (Porania) pulvillus.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Solaster endeca near Lismore Island, western Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Solaster endeca
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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Solaster endeca at Loch Creran, west Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Solaster endeca Purple Sea Star with a few cone shells
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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