Pteraster

Pteraster is a genus of sea stars in the family Pterasteridae.

==Species== The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species: Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill, 1895) Pteraster acicula (Downey, 1970) Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 Pteraster alveolatus Perrier, 1894 Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958 Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847 Pteraster caribbaeus Perrier, 1881 Pteraster corynetes Fisher, 1916 Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher, 1910 Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905) Pteraster educator Djakonov, 1958 Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen, 1933 Pteraster florifer Koehler, 1920 Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen, 1933 Pteraster gibber (Sladen, 1882) Pteraster hastatus Mortensen, 1913 Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen, 1882) Pteraster hymenasteroides Djakonov, 1958 Pteraster hystrix Harvey, 1989 Pteraster ifurus Golotsvan, 1998 Pteraster inermis Perrier, 1888 Pteraster jordani Fisher, 1905 Pteraster koehleri A.M. Clark, 1962 Pteraster marsippus Fisher, 1910 Pteraster militarioides H.L. Clark, 1941 Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) Pteraster minutus Djakonov, 1958 Pteraster multiporus H.L. Clark, 1908 Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908 Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891) Pteraster octaster Verrill, 1909 Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891 Pteraster pulvillus (M. Sars, 1861) Pteraster reticulatus Fisher, 1906 Pteraster robertsoni McKnight, 1973 Pteraster rugatus Sladen, 1882 Pteraster rugosus H.L. Clark, 1941 Pteraster solitarius Djakonov, 1958 Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen, 1882) Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882 Pteraster temnochiton Fisher, 1910 Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 Pteraster tetracanthus H.L. Clark, 1916 Pteraster texius Golotsvan, 1998 Pteraster trigonodon Domantay, 1969 Pteraster trigonodon Fisher, 1910 Pteraster uragensis Hayashi, 1940 Pteraster willsi Clark & Jewett, 2011