Astropecten
Encyclopedia
Astropecten is a genus of sea star
of the family
Astropectinidae
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Sea star
Starfish or sea stars are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "starfish" and "sea star" essentially refer to members of the class Asteroidea...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Astropectinidae
Astropectinidae
Astropectinidae is a family of sea stars in the order Paxillosida.-Genera:* Astropecten Gray, 1840 * Bathybiaster * Dipsacaster Alcock, 1893 * Dytaster * Leptychaster Smith, 1876 * Persephonaster...
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Species
- Astropecten alligator Perrier, 1881
- Astropecten americanus (Verrill, 1880)
- Astropecten antillensis Lütken, 1860
- Astropecten armatus Gray, 1840
- Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825) - royal sea star, royal sea star
- Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Astropecten braziliensis Müller and Troschel, 1842
- Astropecten cingulatus Sladen, 1883
- Astropecten comptus Verrill, 1915
- Astropecten duplicatus Gray, 1840 - two-spined star fish, two-spined star fish
- Astropecten irregularis
- Astropecten nitidus
- Astropecten nuttingi
- Astropecten ornatissimus Fisher, 1906
- Astropecten polyacanthusAstropecten polyacanthusAstropecten polyacanthus, or the comb star, is a sea star of the family Astropectinidae. It is the most widespread species in the Astropecten genus, found throughout the Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea and Zanzibar to Hawaii, and Japan to Australia and New Zealand...
Müller & Troschel, 1842 - Astropecten verrilli de Loriol, 1899