Stelleroidea

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Stelleroidea
Ochre Sea Star on beach
at Olympic National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Superclass: Stelleroidea
Classes

Asteroidea
Ophiuroidea
Somasteroidea

Stelleroidea is a superclass of marine invertebrates including three classes:

  • Asteroidea: true sea stars
  • Ophiuroidea: brittle stars and basket stars
  • Somasteroidea (sometimes also Stomasteroidea): ancestral stelleroids


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