Species under Solaster
n= 11
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Solaster borealis
(Fisher, 1906)
Deepsea sun star Northeast Pacific
Solaster caribbaeus
unspecified
Western Central Atlantic
Solaster dawsoni
Verrill, 1880
Morning sun star Northern and Eastern Pacific 51
Solaster earlli
Verrill, 1879
Northwest Atlantic
Solaster endeca
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Northern sun star Circumboreal 40
Solaster hypothrissus
Fisher, 1910
White sun star Northeast Pacific
Solaster paxillatus
Sladen, 1889
Orange sunstar Northern Pacific and Northwest Atlantic 38
Solaster regularis
Sladen, 1889
Sun star Southeast Pacific, Southwest Atlantic and Antarctic
Solaster stimpsoni
Verrill, 1880
Striped sun star Northern Pacific and the Arctic 51
Solaster syrtensis
unspecified
Arctic
Solaster torulatus
Sladen, 1889
Chubby sun-star Southwest Pacific
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