''Novodinia'' is a genus of
echinoderm
An echinoderm () is any member of the phylum Echinodermata (). The adults are recognisable by their (usually five-point) radial symmetry, and include starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, as well as the sea ...
s belonging to the family
Brisingidae
The Brisingidae are a family of starfish found only in the deep sea. They inhabit both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at abyssal depths, and also occur in the Southern Ocean and around Antarctica at slightly shallower depths.
The family was ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
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Novodinia americana''
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Novodinia antillensis
''Novodinia antillensis'', the velcro sea star, is a species of starfish in the family Brisingidae. It is found in the deep sea in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean, being quite common at a depth of around on the Mesoamerican ...
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Novodinia austini''
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Novodinia australis''
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Novodinia clarki''
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Novodinia homonyma
''Novodinia'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Brisingidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Novodinia americana''
*''Novodinia antillensis''
*'' Novodinia austini''
*'' Novodinia australis''
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Novodinia magister''
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Novodinia novaezelandiae
''Novodinia'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Brisingidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Novodinia americana''
*''Novodinia antillensis''
*'' Novodinia austini''
*'' Novodinia australis''
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Novodinia pacifica
''Novodinia'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Brisingidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Novodinia americana''
*''Novodinia antillensis
''Novodinia antillensis'', the velcro sea star, is a s ...
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Novodinia pandina
''Novodinia'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Brisingidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Novodinia americana''
*''Novodinia antillensis''
*'' Novodinia austini''
*'' Novodinia australis''
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Novodinia penichra
''Novodinia'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Brisingidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Novodinia americana''
*''Novodinia antillensis''
*'' Novodinia austini''
*'' Novodinia australis''
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Novodinia radiata
''Novodinia'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Brisingidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Novodinia americana''
*''Novodinia antillensis''
*'' Novodinia austini''
*'' Novodinia australis''
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Novodinia semicoronata
''Novodinia'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Brisingidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Novodinia americana''
*''Novodinia antillensis''
*'' Novodinia austini''
*'' Novodinia australis''
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References
Brisingida
Asteroidea genera
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