''Ophidiaster'' 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
Ophidiasteridae
The Ophidiasteridae (Greek ''ophidia'', Οφιδια, "of snakes", diminutive form) are a family of sea stars with about 30 genera. Occurring both in the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, ophidiasterids are greatest in diversity in the Indo-Pacif ...
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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 ...
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Species:
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Ophidiaster agassizi''
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Ophidiaster alexandri''
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Ophidiaster arenatus''
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Ophidiaster armatus''
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Ophidiaster attenuatus''
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Ophidiaster bayeri''
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Ophidiaster bicolor''
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Ophidiaster bullisi''
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Ophidiaster chinensis''
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Ophidiaster colossus''
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Ophidiaster confertus''
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Ophidiaster cribrarius''
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Ophidiaster davidsoni''
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Ophidiaster duncani''
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Ophidiaster granifer''
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Ophidiaster guildingi''
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Ophidiaster helicostichus''
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Ophidiaster hemprichi''
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Ophidiaster kermadecensis''
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Ophidiaster lorioli''
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Ophidiaster ludwigi''
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Ophidiaster macknighti''
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Ophidiaster multispinus''
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Ophidiaster ophidianus
''Ophidiaster ophidianus'', the purple starfish, is a species of starfish from the East Atlantic (from mainland Portugal and the Azores down to the Gulf of Guinea) and the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atla ...
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Ophidiaster perplexus''
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Ophidiaster perrieri''
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Ophidiaster reyssi''
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Ophidiaster rhabdotus''
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Ophidiaster tuberifer''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3467527
Ophidiasteridae
Asteroidea genera