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Astropectinidae (Fringed sea star)

Synonyms: Asteropectinidae; Plutonasteridae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Astropectinidae are a family of sea stars in the order Paxillosida. In general, these starfish live on the seabed and immerse themselves in soft sediment such as sand and mud. They are not to be confused with species in the genus Archaster, which share similar shape and life habits, but belong to the family Archasteridae (ordrer Valvatida).
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Genus

Advenaster (1)
Aldebarania (2)
Archastropecten (34)
Astrocratis (1)
Astromesites (3)
Astropecten (2)
Astropectinides (3)
Bathybiaster (2)
Blakiaster (1)
Bollonaster (1)
Bunodaster (1)
Craspidaster (1)
Ctenophoraster (5)
Ctenopleura (4)
Dipsacaster (18)
Dytaster (1)
Eoastropecten (1)
Koremaster (1)
Lambertella (1)
Leptychaster (12)
Lonchotaster (1)
Macroptychaster (1)
Mimastrella (1)
Patagiaster (3)
Pentasteria (8)
Persephonaster (24)
Plutonaster (12)
Proserpinaster (4)
Prothrissacanthias (1)
Psilaster (12)
Riedaster (1)
Tethyaster (11)
Thrissacanthias (2)
Tritonaster (3)
Trophodiscus (2)

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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