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Rocky Shore Species of the Americas

This is a curated list of species that occurs in rocky shores across the Americas as part of the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole project (https://marinebon.github.io/p2p), funded by NASA and NOAA.

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Taxonomy
« Back To Echinoderms Phylum Echinodermata
- Sea Stars and Brittle Stars Subphylum Asterozoa
  - 2 Sea Stars Class Asteroidea
  - 4 Brittle Stars Class Ophiuroidea

Red Sun Star ¹
Heliaster cumingi

Ophiactis savignyi ²

Ophiocoma aethiops ³

Ophiocomella alexandri ³

Banded Brittle Star ⁴
Ophionereis annulata

Common Light-striated Sea Star ⁵
Stichaster striatus

Edited by bdbest, Erasmo Macaya, Tylar Murray, Abby Benson, Alana H C Jute, Carol Mazzuco, drilus, EdgardoLC, Enrique Montes, maritzacardenas, Cesar Cordeiro, and Gregorio Bigatti, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

1. (c) libnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2. (c) 2007 Moorea Biocode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
3. (c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)
4. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
5. (c) leonardo-perez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Rocky Shore Species of the Americas

Red Sun Star 1 Heliaster cumingi

Ophiactis savignyi 2

Ophiocoma aethiops 3

Ophiocomella alexandri 3

Banded Brittle Star 4 Ophionereis annulata

Common Light-striated Sea Star 5 Stichaster striatus