Myxasteridae
| Myxasteridae | |
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| Pythonaster sp. (probably P. atlantidis). | |
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| Class: | Asteroidea
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| Order: | Perrier, 1885
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| Family: | Myxasteridae
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3, see text.
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Myxasteridae is a family of deep-sea velatid sea stars containing nine species in three genera.
Taxonomy[]
List of families according to World Register of Marine Species:[1]
- genus Fisher, 1906
- McKnight, 2006
- Alton, 1966
- Fisher, 1906
- genus Myxaster Perrier, 1885
- (Fisher, 1913)
- Koehler, 1896
- Perrier, 1885
- genus Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
- A.H. Clark, 1948
- Sladen, 1889
- Downey, 1979
Myxaster sp.
Pythonaster sp.
References[]
- ^ "The World Asteroidea Database - Myxasteridae". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
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