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