''Paragonaster'' is a genus of
echinoderms
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 li ...
belonging to the family
Pseudarchasteridae
Pseudarchasteridae is a family of echinoderms belonging to the order Paxillosida
The Paxillosida are a large order (biology), order of sea stars.
Characteristics
Paxillosida adults lack an anus and have no suckers on their tube feet. They do ...
.
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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Paragonaster chinensis''
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Paragonaster clarkae''
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Paragonaster ctenipes''
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Paragonaster felli''
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Paragonaster grandis''
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Paragonaster haldixoni''
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Paragonaster ridgwayi''
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Paragonaster stenostichus''
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Paragonaster subtilis''
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Paragonaster tenuiradiis''
References
Pseudarchasteridae
Asteroidea genera
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