Biology:Myxasteridae
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Short description: Family of starfishes
Myxasteridae | |
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Pythonaster sp. (probably P. atlantidis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Order: | Velatida |
Family: | Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885 |
Genera | |
3, see text |
Myxasteridae is a family of deep-sea velatid sea stars containing nine species in three genera.
Taxonomy
List of families according to World Register of Marine Species:[1]
- genus Asthenactis Fisher, 1906
- Asthenactis australis McKnight, 2006
- Asthenactis fisheri Alton, 1966
- Asthenactis papyraceus Fisher, 1906
- genus Heligmaster Mah, 2022
- Heligmaster kanaloa Mah, 2022
- Heligmaster pele Mah, 2022
- genus Myxaster Perrier, 1885
- Myxaster medusa (Fisher, 1913)
- Myxaster perrieri Koehler, 1896
- Myxaster sol Perrier, 1885
- genus Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
- Pythonaster atlantidis A.H. Clark, 1948
- Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889
- Pythonaster pacificus Downey, 1979
Myxaster sp.
Pythonaster sp.
References
- ↑ "The World Asteroidea Database - Myxasteridae". Marinespecies.org. http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123141. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
Wikidata ☰ Q3467238 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxasteridae.
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