Stelleroidea
Stelleroidea | |
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Ochre sea star on beach at Olympic National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Superclass: | Stelleroidea |
Classes | |
Asteroidea |
Stelleroidea is a superclass of marine echinoderms including three classes:
- Asteroidea: true sea stars
- Ophiuroidea: brittle stars and basket stars
- Somasteroidea (sometimes also Stomasteroidea): ancestral stelleroids
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Categories:
- Superclasses (biology)
- Echinoderm taxonomy
- Echinoderm stubs