27 Mariana Islands species out of 34 reported | 59 Indo-Pacific species
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Acanthaster cf. solaris
Aquilonastra byrneae
Aquilonastra corallicola
Asteropsis carinifera
Astropecten polyacanthus
Bothriaster primigenius
Choriaster granulatus
Cistina columbiae
Culcita novaeguineae
Dactylosaster cylindricus
Echinaster luzonicus
Fromia milleporella
Gomophia egyptiaca
Leiaster leachii
Linckia guildingi
Linckia laevigata
Linckia multifora
Mithrodia clavigera
Neoferdina cumingi
Ophidiaster cribarius
Ophidiaster cribarius
Ophidiaster granifer
Ophidiaster sp. A
Pentaceraster cf. multispinus
Thromidia catalai
asteroid sp. A
asteroid sp. A
asteroid sp. B
asteroid sp. C
Additional asteroid species reported from the Mariana Islands by Paulay (2003):
Ophidiasteridae
- Fromia nodosa A.M. Clark, 1967
- Heteronardoa carinata? (Koehler, 1910)
- Leiaster glaber (Peters, 1852)
- Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885
- Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Asterinidae
- Aquilonastra cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Disasterina sp. 1 (n. sp.)
- Nepanthia briareus (Bell, 1894)
- Nepanthia sp. 1 (aff. maculata Gray, 1840)
Echinasteridae
- Echinaster callosus von Marenzeller, 1895
Sphaerasteridae
- Podosphaeraster pulvinatus Rowe & Nichols, 1980 (found at depths >200 m)