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Archaster
Sign in to saveArchasteridae is a family of starfish found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. The genus Astropus, previously included in this family, is now included in the genus Archaster with the single species, Astropus longipes (Gray, 1840), being accepted as Archaster lorioli Sukarno & Jangoux, 1977.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyArchasteridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 79
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Archasteridae
- Collections
- USNM, YPM, NMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Philippines
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Archasteridae
- Image
- Common sea star (Archaster typicus).jpg
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- taxon name
- Archaster
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Archaster
- taxon author citation
- Müller & Troschel, 1840
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Archasteridae is a family of starfish found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. The genus Astropus, previously included in this family, is now included in the genus Archaster with the single species, Astropus longipes (Gray, 1840), being accepted as Archaster lorioli Sukarno & Jangoux, 1977.
The only genus in the family is now Archaster as three subfamilies have now been raised to family status: Subfamily Benthopectininae accepted as Benthopectinidae Subfamily Pararchasterinae accepted as Benthopectinidae Subfamily Plutonasterinae accepted as Astropectinidae
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Archaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.