| Velatida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Eleutherozoa |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Velatida Perrier, 1884 |
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Velatida are an order of sea stars containing approximately 200 species.
These asteroids normally have thick bodies with large discs.[1]
New molecular evidence now suggests a relationship between some velatid and valvatid families.