Capillaster
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Capillaster is a genus of crinoid
s. It contains the following species:
Crinoid
Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms . Crinoidea comes from the Greek word krinon, "a lily", and eidos, "form". They live both in shallow water and in depths as great as 6,000 meters. Sea lilies refer to the crinoids which, in their adult form, are...
s. It contains the following species:
- Capillaster asterias AH Clark, 1931
- Capillaster gracilicirra AH Clark, 1912
- Capillaster macrobrachius (Hartlaub, 1890)
- Capillaster mariae (AH Clark, 1907)
- Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Capillaster sentosus (Carpenter, 1888)
- Capillaster squarrosus Messing, 2003
- Capillaster tenuicirrus AH Clark, 1912