Biology:Nectriaster

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Short description: Genus of starfishes

Nectriaster
BIOL. RESULTS ENDEAVOUR, Vol. IV, part I. Plate X Nectriaster monacanthus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Oreasteridae
Genus: Nectriaster
H.L.Clark, 1946 [1]
Species:
N. monacanthus
Binomial name
Nectriaster monacanthus
H.L.CLark, 1916

Nectriaster monacanthus is a species of sea star in the family Oreasteridae. It is the sole species in the genus Nectriaster.[1] It was first described by Hubert Lyman Clark in 1916 as Mediaster monacanthus.[1][2]

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