The Stichasteridae are a small
family
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of
Asteroidea (sea stars) in the
order
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Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family
Asteriidae.
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species lists these
genera
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within the family Stichasteridae:
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Allostichaster''
Verrill, 1914
* ''
Cosmasterias''
Sladden, 1889
* ''
Granaster''
Perrier, 1894
* ''
Neomorphaster''
Sladden, 1889
* ''
Neosmilaster''
Fisher, 1930
* ''
Pseudechinaster''
H.E.S. Clark, 1962
* ''
Smilasterias''
Sladden, 1889
* ''
Stichaster
The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae.
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Stichas ...
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Muller & Troschel, 1840
* ''
Stichastrella''
Verrill, 1914
Stichastrella rosea.jpg, ''Stichastrella rosea
The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae.
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera
Genus ( plural genera ...
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Reef starfish (Stichaster australis) doing push-ups.jpg, ''Stichaster australis
''Stichaster australis'', the reef starfish, is a species of starfish found in the shallow waters of the rocky intertidal of New Zealand. Typically, the animal is endemic to the west coast shores of the North and South Islands, where wave action ...
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Forcipulatida
Echinoderm families
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