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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROGER CLARK.Additional funding provided by the North Pacific Research Board.

U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | National Marine Fisheries ServiceAlaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington

Purple Orange StarAsterias amurensis

Mottled StarEvasterias trochelli

Giant StarEvasterias echinosoma

Western StarEvasterias retifera

Arctic StarLeptasterias arctica

Aleutian StarLeptasterias hylodes

Rough Skirted StarLeptasterias stolocantha

Greenland StarLeptasterias groenlandica

Scarlet Six-Rayed StarLeptastarias leptodoma

Coe’s Six-Rayed StarLeptasterias coei

Polar Six-Rayed starLeptasterias polaris

Giant Aleutian Six-Rayed StarLeptasterias truculenta

Rainbow StarOrthasterias koehleri

Giant Pink StarPisaster brevispinus

Black spined starLethasterias nanimensis

Fish eating starStylasterias forreri

Bat StarAsterina miniata

Arctic Sand Star Leptychaster arcticus

Pacific Sand StarLeptychaster pacificus

Aleutian Fragile StarCheiraster sp. A

Needle-Spined Fragile Star Nearchaster aciculosus

Variable Fragile StarNearchaster variabilis

Pedicillate Fragile StarNearchaster pedicellaris

Sand StarLuidia foliolata

Fisher’s MyxasteridAsthenactis fisheri

Soft Orange StarPedicellaster magister

Evermann’s StarZoroaster evermani

Giant Slimy StarMyxoderma sacculatum

BrisingidBrisingidae

Pentagonal Sand StarLeptychaster anomalus

Northern Sand StarDipsacaster borealis

Alaskan StarTarsaster alaskanus

Mariana’s Is. StarAmpheraster marianus

Odd Rayed StarStephanasterias albula

Sunflower StarPycnopodia helianthoides

Kamchatka six-rayed starLeptasterias camtschatica

Enigmatic six-rayed starLeptasterias sp. A

Deep Sea Sun Flower StarRathbunaster californicus

Extraordinary Sand StarDipsacaster eximius

Mud StarCtenodiscus crispatus

Seastars of Alaska

Lady Katherine’s six-rayed StarLeptasterias katharinae

Leather StarDermasterias imbricata

Seastars of Alaska

Arctic Cookie StarCeramaster arcticus

Orange Cookie StarCeramaster patagonicus

Stellate Cookie StarCeramaster stellatus

Red Cookie StarCeramaster japonicus

Deep-Sea Cookie StarCeramaster clarkii

Grainy White Cookie StarCladaster alascanus

Southern Spiny StarHippasteria spinosa

California Spiny StarHippasteria californica

Armored Spiny StarHippasteria armata

kurile Spiny StarHippasteria kurilensis

Southeast Alaskan Spiny StarHippasteria sp. E

Pale Spiny StarHippasteria sp. B

Eight-Rayed Cushion StarPteraster octaster

Commander Spiny StarHippasteria sp. D

Delicate StarMediaster tenellus

Aleutian Scarlet StarPseudarchaster alascensis

Northern ScarletStarPseudarchaster parelli

Giant Brown PseudarchasterPseudarchaster dissonus

Northern Slime StarPteraster sp. A

Obscure Cushion StarPteraster obscurus

Wrinkled Cushion StarPteraster militaris

Jordan’s Cushion StarPteraster jordani

Wills’ Cushion StarPteraster willis

Orange Cushion StarPteraster pulvillus

Rough Cushion StarPteraster temnochiton

Spiny Orange Cushion StarPteraster sp. E

Orange Sided Cushion StarPteraster sp. B

Pincushion StarDiplopteraster multipes

Pancake Star Hymenaster sp.

Fuzzy StarPeribolaster biserialis

White StarAnteliaster nannodes

Sea Star UnidentUnknown Family/Genus

Sea Star UnidentUnknown Family/Genus

Zeus’ Shield StarPteraster sp. D

Prickly Cushion StarPteraster marsippus

Bering Deep-Sea PterasterPteraster sp.

Vermillion StarMediaster aequalis

Tesselated Slime StarPteraster tesselatus

Pebbly StarCryptopeltaster lepidonotus

Swift’s StarGephyreaster swifti

Aleutian Spiny StarHippasteria aleutica

Heath’s Spiny StarHippasteria heathi

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROGER CLARK.Additional funding provided by the North Pacific Research Board.

U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | National Marine Fisheries ServiceAlaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington

Seastars of Alaska

Morning Sun StarSolaster dawsoni

Striped Sun StarSolaster stimpsoni

Northern Sun StarSolaster endeca

White Sun StarSolaster hypothrissus

Remarkable Sun StarSolaster sp. A

Bering Sun StarSolaster sp. F

Kessler’s Sun StarSolaster sp. E

Beautiful Sun StarSolaster spectabilis

Serpent Sun StarSolaster sp. D

Brooding Sun StarSolaster hexactis

Deep Sea Sun StarCrossaster borealis

Common Rose StarCrossaster papposus

White Rose StarCrossaster sp. A

Pink Rose StarCrossaster sp. B

Slender Crested StarLophaster sp. A

Vesteraalen’s StarLophaster sp. B

Sandpaper Henricia Henricia aspera

Weak-Meshed HenriciaHenricia asthenactis

Feder’s HenriciaAleutihenricia federi

Fat HenriciaHenricia tumida

Lined Blood StarHenricia sp. A

Mottled HenriciaHenricia sp. C or B

Short-Spined HenriciaHenricia dyscrita

White HenriciaAleutihenricia derjugini

Slender Pale HenriciaHenricia sp. E

Long-Spined HenriciaHenricia longispina

Aleutian Long-Spined HenriciaHenricia longispina aleutica

Violet Toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia sp. A

Pale toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia ahearnae

Golden Toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia sp. C

Purple Toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia violacea

Giant Toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia sp. E

Thorny StarPoraniopsis inflata

Fisher’s Toothed HenriciaOdontohenricia fisheri

Bering HenriciaHenricia beringiania

Fuzzy HenriciaHenricia sp. D

Blood StarHenricia sp.

Spiny HenriciaHenricia multispina

Pink Crested StarLophaster furcilliger

Crested StarLophaster vexator

Ocher Sun StarSolaster sp. G

Canonball Sun StarHeterozonias alternatus

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROGER CLARK.Additional funding provided by the North Pacific Research Board.

U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | National Marine Fisheries ServiceAlaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington