Animalia > Echinodermata > Asteroidea > Velatida > Pterasteridae

Pterasteridae

Synonyms: Hymenasterinae; Pterasterinae

Wikipedia Abstract

Pterasteridae is a family of sea stars in the order Velatida, consisting of eight genera.
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Genus

Amembranaster (1)
Benthaster (3)
Calyptraster (5)
Diplopteraster (7)
Euretaster (3)
Hansaster (1)
Hymenaster (Sea star) (53)
Hymenasterides (2)
Longwyaster (1)
Propteraster (1)
Pteraster (56)
Savignaster (3)

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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