Protoreaster

Protoreaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae from the Indo-Pacific. They are sometimes seen in the marine aquarium trade.

Protoreaster
Protoreaster linckii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Oreasteridae
Genus:	Protoreaster Döderlein, 1916[1]
Species
See text.

Species

The following species are in the genus:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Protoreaster linckii (Blainville, 1830)	Red-knobbed starfish	Indian Ocean
	Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Chocolate chip sea star	Indian Ocean and western Pacific ocean
	Protoreaster nodulosus (Perrier, 1875)	Knobbly seastar	North Western Australia

Bibliography

• Ducarme, Frédéric (2022). "How to assess the absence of a species? A revision of the geographical range of the horned sea star, Protoreaster nodosus (Echinodermata; Asteroidea)". Frontiers of Biogeography. 14 (3). doi:10.21425/F5FBG56187.