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Wikipedia Abstract
The Velatida are an order of sea stars containing about 200 species in five families. These asteroids normally have thick bodies with large discs.
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Velatida
Family
Caymanostellidae
(7)
Korethrasteridae
(11)
Myxasteridae
(12)
Pterasteridae
(136)
Tropidasteridae
(1)
Genus
Decacuminaster
(1)
(...) = Species count
(...) = Endangered count
(...) = Invasive count
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:
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