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Asteriidae (Sea star)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Asteriidae are a diverse family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It is one of three families in the order Forcipulatida.
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Genus

Adelasterias (1)
Anasterias (15)
Aphanasterias (1)
Aphelasterias (2)
Asterias (27)   (1)
Astrometis (Sea star) (1)
Astrostole (5)
Bernasconiaster (1)
Caimanaster (1)
Calasterias (1)
Coronaster (8)
Coscinasterias (Bermuda sea star) (4)
Cretasterias (1)
Cryptasterias (2)
Dermaster (1)
Diplasterias (8)
Distolasterias (5)
Evasterias (Sea star) (4)
Germanasterias (1)
Hystrixasterias (1)
Icasterias (1)
Kenrickaster (1)
Leptasterias (44)
Lethasterias (4)
Lysasterias (9)
Lysastrosoma (1)
Marthasterias (Starfish) (2)
Meyenaster (1)
Notasterias (6)
Orthasterias (1)
Perissasterias (5)
Pisaster (Short-spined sea star) (3)
Plazaster (1)
Polarasterias (1)
Psalidaster (2)
Pycnopodia (1)   (1)
Rathbunaster (1)
Saliasterias (1)
Savignasterias (1)
Sclerasterias (16)
Stephanasterias (1)
Stylasterias (Black sea star) (1)
Taranuiaster (1)
Tarsastrocles (1)
Urasterias (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0