Biology:Patiria

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Short description: Genus of starfishes


Patiria
Patiria miniata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Asterinidae
Genus: Patiria
Gray, 1840
Type species
Patiria coccinea
Gray, 1840
Species

3 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]

Enoplopatiria Verrill, 1913

Patiria is a genus of starfish in the family Asterinidae[1] from the Pacific Ocean.[2]

Species

Patiria contains the following species:[1]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Patiria chilensis (Lutken, 1859) Chilean bat star southeast Pacific
Patiria miniata (Brandt, 1835) sea bat, webbed star, and broad-disk star northeast Pacific
Patiria pectinifera (Muller & Troschel, 1842) blue bat star northwest Pacific

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3454914 entry