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Luidia Sea Stars
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Luidia Sea Stars

Luidia

Luidia is a genus of starfish in the family Luidiidae (Sladen, 1889) in which it is the only genus. Species of the family have a cosmopolitan distribution.

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49 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Gray Sea Star

speciesLuidia clathrata

Nine-armed Sea Star

speciesLuidia senegalensis

Eight-armed Luidia

speciesLuidia maculata

Sand Star

speciesLuidia foliolata

southern sand star

speciesLuidia australiae

Two-banded Sea Star

speciesLuidia alternata

Seven Armed Sea Star

speciesLuidia ciliaris

Luidia columbia

speciesLuidia columbia

Luidia magellanica

speciesLuidia magellanica

Luidia quinaria

speciesLuidia quinaria

Colorful Gulf Sand Star

speciesLuidia phragma

Luidia tessellata

speciesLuidia tessellata

Luidia bellonae

speciesLuidia bellonae

Luidia aspera

speciesLuidia aspera

Luidia sarsi

speciesLuidia sarsi

Luidia penangensis

speciesLuidia penangensis

Luidia sibogae

speciesLuidia sibogae

Luidia armata

speciesLuidia armata

Seven-armed Sea Star

speciesLuidia savignyi

Luidia superba

speciesLuidia superba

Hardwick's Sea Star

speciesLuidia hardwicki

Magnificent Sea Star

speciesLuidia magnifica

Luidia lawrencei

speciesLuidia lawrencei

Luidia atlantidea

speciesLuidia atlantidea

Luidia asthenosoma

speciesLuidia asthenosoma

Luidia latiradiata

speciesLuidia latiradiata

Luidia ludwigi

speciesLuidia ludwigi

Luidia mauritiensis

speciesLuidia mauritiensis

Luidia avicularia

speciesLuidia avicularia

Luidia barbadensis

speciesLuidia barbadensis

Luidia longispina

speciesLuidia longispina

Luidia heterozona

speciesLuidia heterozona

Luidia prionota

speciesLuidia prionota

Herdman's Sea Star

speciesLuidia herdmani

Luidia hexactis

speciesLuidia hexactis

Luidia sagamina

speciesLuidia sagamina

Luidia neozelanica

speciesLuidia neozelanica

Luidia porteri

speciesLuidia porteri

Luidia gymnochora

speciesLuidia gymnochora

Luidia amurensis

speciesLuidia amurensis

Luidia inarmata

speciesLuidia inarmata

Luidia patriae

speciesLuidia patriae

Luidia changi

speciesLuidia changi

Luidia difficilis

speciesLuidia difficilis

Luidia ferruginea

speciesLuidia ferruginea

Luidia denudata

speciesLuidia denudata

Luidia integra

speciesLuidia integra

Luidia yesoensis

speciesLuidia yesoensis

Luidia orientalis

speciesLuidia orientalis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122245.