Patiriella Dyscrita
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''Parvulastra dyscrita'' is a species of
starfish Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea (). Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or basket stars. Starfish ...
belonging to the family
Asterinidae The Asterinidae are a large family of sea stars in the order Valvatida. Description and characteristics These are generally small sea stars, flattened dorsally and bearing very short arms, often giving a pentagonal shape in the body ;example: ...
. The species is found in Southern Africa.


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Asterinidae Fauna of the Atlantic Ocean Fauna of the Indian Ocean Animals described in 1923 Taxa named by Hubert Lyman Clark {{Asteroidea-stub