Acodontaster

Acodontaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Odontasteridae
Genus:	Acodontaster; Verrill, 1899
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Heuresaster Bell, 1908 ; Metadontaster Koehler, 1920 ; Pseudontaster Koehler, 1912 ; Tridontaster Koehler, 1920 ;

Acodontaster is a genus of starfish in the family Odontasteridae. Members of the genus are found in the Southern Ocean, in the waters off Antarctica and the island groups nearby. Acodontaster elongatus is additionally found further north in the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern seaboard of South America.^[1]

Species

The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species: ^[1]

Acodontaster capitatus (Koehler, 1912)
Acodontaster conspicuus (Koehler, 1920)
Acodontaster elongatus (Sladen, 1889)
Acodontaster hodgsoni (Bell, 1908)
Acodontaster marginatus (Koehler, 1912)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Acodontaster Verrill, 1899 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-27.

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[WoRMS-1] Acodontaster Verrill, 1899 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-27.

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