Myxasteridae

Myxasteridae
Myxaster sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Eleutherozoa
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Velatida Perrier, 1885
Family:	Myxasteridae
Genera
3, see text.

Myxasteridae is a family of deep-sea velatid sea stars containing nine species in three genera.

Taxonomy

Pythonaster sp. (probably P. atlantidis).

List of families according to World Register of Marine Species:^[1]

• genus Asthenactis Fisher, 1906
  • Asthenactis australis McKnight, 2006
  • Asthenactis fisheri Alton, 1966
  • Asthenactis papyraceus Fisher, 1906
• genus Myxaster Perrier, 1885
  • Myxaster medusa (Fisher, 1913)
  • Myxaster perrieri Koehler, 1896
  • Myxaster sol Perrier, 1885
• genus Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
  • Pythonaster atlantidis A.H. Clark, 1948
  • Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889
  • Pythonaster pacificus Downey, 1979

References