Asteriidae
Sign in to saveThe Asteriidae are a diverse family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It is one of three families in the order Forcipulatida.
Species
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderForcipulatida
- FamilyAsteriidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded2,181,926
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 205
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Asteriidae
- Collections
- UWBM, SIO, CAS, AUM, NCSM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Philippines, Argentina, Russia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Forcipulatida
- Image
- Leptasterias hexactis.jpg
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- Commons category
- Asteriidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Asteriidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Asteriidae
- taxon author citation
- Gray, 1840
- different from
- Asteridae
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The Asteriidae are a diverse family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It is one of three families in the order Forcipulatida.
The oldest unambiguous fossils of the family date to the Late Cretaceous.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asteriidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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