Pythonaster
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Pythonaster sp. (probably P. atlantidis) | |
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Genus: | Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
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Pythonaster is a genus of deep-sea velatid sea stars containing three species.
Taxonomy
List of species according to World Register of Marine Species:[1]
- Pythonaster atlantidis A.H. Clark, 1948
- Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889
- Pythonaster pacificus Downey, 1979
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pythonaster_Hawaii.jpg/290px-Pythonaster_Hawaii.jpg)
References
- ^ "The World Asteroidea Database - Pythonaster". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2014-02-28.