Stichasteridae
| Stichasteridae | |
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| Stichaster australis, New Zealand | |
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| Family: | Stichasteridae Perrier, 1885
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| Diversity | |
| 9 genera, See text. | |
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Neomorphasteridae Fisher, 1923[1] | |
The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae.
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Stichasteridae:[2]
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References
- ^ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152515
- ^ McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf
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