Astropectinidae

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Astropectinidae
Astropecten irregularis
Astropecten irregularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Paxillosida
Family: Astropectinidae
Gray, 1840
Genera

See text.

Astropectinidae is a family of sea stars in the order Paxillosida.

[edit] Genera

  • Astropecten Gray, 1840
  • Bathybiaster
  • Dipsacaster Alcock, 1893
  • Dytaster
  • Leptychaster Smith, 1876
  • Persephonaster
  • Plutonaster Sladen, 1885
  • Psilaster Sladen, 1885
  • Tethyaster Sladen, 1889
  • Thrissacanthias Fisher, 1910
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[edit] References

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