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Valvatida (Sea stars)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Valvatida are an order of starfish in the class Asteroidea, which contains 695 species in 172 genera in 17 families.
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Family

Acanthasteridae (2)   (1)
Archasteridae (3)
Asterinidae (158)
Asterodiscididae (24)
Asteropseidae (Sea star) (1)
Chaetasteridae (Sea star) (8)
Goniasteridae (Sea star) (558)
Leilasteridae (4)
Mithrodiidae (7)
Neopalaeasteridae (1)
Odontasteridae (Sea star) (31)
Ophidiasteridae (Skinny sea star) (110)
Oreasteridae (Cushion sea star) (64)
Podosphaerasteridae (6)
Poraniidae (22)
Solasteridae (57)
Sphaerasteridae (15)
Stauranderasteridae (36)

Genus

Ceremaster (1)
Geinitzaster (1)
Kampilaster (1)
Plumaster (1)
Sphaeriodicus (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