Biology:Patiria

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Short description: Genus of starfishes


Patiria
Asterina miniata 1.jpg
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 1.JPG Patiria chilensis (Lutken, 1859) Chilean bat star southeast Pacific
Bat Star (Asterina miniata) (3265235123).jpg Patiria miniata (Brandt, 1835) sea bat, webbed star, and broad-disk star northeast Pacific
Patiria pectinifera 02.jpg Patiria pectinifera (Muller & Troschel, 1842) blue bat star northwest Pacific

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3454914 entry