Biology:Dictyaster

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Short description: Genus of starfishes

Dictyaster
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Spinulosida
Family: Echinasteridae
Genus: Dictyaster
Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 [1]
Species

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Dictyaster is a small genus of starfish in the family Echinasteridae in the order Spinulosida.

Species

The following two species are recognised by the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

  • Dictyaster xenophilus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
  • Dictyaster wood-masoni Alcock, 1893 (nomen nudum, Undescribed)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18518938 entry