Biology:Asteriidae

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The Asteriidae are a diverse family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It is one of three families in the order Forcipulatida.

The oldest unambiguous fossils of the family date to the Late Cretaceous.[1]

Genera

Pacific sea star, Asterias amurensis

The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Asteriidae (in a field of 6 families):[2]

References

  1. Fau, Marine; Wright, David F.; Ewin, Timothy A. M.; Gale, Andrew S.; Villier, Loïc (2024-10-31). "Phylogenetic and taxonomic revisions of Jurassic sea stars support a delayed evolutionary origin of the Asteriidae" (in en). PeerJ 12. doi:10.7717/peerj.18169. ISSN 2167-8359. PMID 39494292. 
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