Species under Luidia
n= 31
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Luidia alternata
(Say, 1825)
Banded starfish Western Atlantic
Luidia armata
Ludwig, 1905
Mosaic sand star Eastern Pacific
Luidia aspera
Sladen, 1889
Western Central Pacific
Luidia asthenosoma
Fisher, 1906
Fringed sand star East Pacific
Luidia atlantidea
Madsen, 1950
Eastern Central Atlantic
Luidia avicularia
Fisher, 1913
Western Pacific
Luidia barbadensis
Perrier, 1876
Western Central Atlantic
Luidia ciliaris
unspecified
Seven armed starfish Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Luidia clathrata
(Say, 1825)
Lined sea star Western Atlantic
Luidia columbia
(Gray, 1840)
Eastern Pacific and Western Central Atlantic
Luidia difficilis
Liu, Liao & Li, 2006
Northwest Pacific
Luidia elegans
Perrier, 1876
Western Central Atlantic
Luidia foliolata
(Grube, 1866)
Gray sand star Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic 60
Luidia gymnochora
Fisher, 1913
Western Central Pacific
Luidia hardwicki
(Gray, 1840)
Indo-West Pacific
Luidia longispina
Sladen, 1889
Western Central Pacific
Luidia ludwigi
Fisher, 1906
Western Atlantic
Luidia maculata
Müller & Troschel, 1842
Indo-Pacific 60
Luidia magellanica
Leipoldt, 1895
Southeast Pacific
Luidia magnifica
Fisher, 1906
Magnificent star Central Pacific
Luidia neozelanica
Mortensen, 1925
Southwest Pacific
Luidia orientalis
Fisher, 1913
Western Pacific
Luidia penangensis
de Loriol, 1891
Western Central Pacific
Luidia prionota
Fisher, 1913
Indo-Pacific
Luidia quinaria
von Martens, 1865
Spiny sand seastar Western Pacific
Luidia sagamina
Döderlein, 1920
Indo-West Pacific and Eastern Atlantic
Luidia sarsii
Dueben & Koren, 1845
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Luidia savignyi
(Audouin, 1826)
Indo-West Pacific
Luidia senegalensis
(Larmarck, 1816)
Nine-armed sea star Atlantic Ocean
Luidia tessellata
Lutken, 1859
Eastern Pacific
Luidia yesoensis
Goto, 1914
Northwest Pacific
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