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Coscinasterias
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Coscinasterias is a genus of sea stars of the family Asteriidae.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderForcipulatida
- FamilyAsteriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 84
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Asteriidae
- Collections
- CAS, MNHN, NMV, MZLU, AM
- Recorded in
- Japan, Iles Des Acores, Australia, Italy
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- Parent taxon
- Asteriidae
- Image
- Coscinasterias tenuispina Linosa 209.jpg
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Coscinasterias is a genus of sea stars of the family Asteriidae.
==Species== There are four recognized species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px||Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862)||Japan |- |120px||Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) – Eleven-arm sea star|| southern Australia and New Zealand |- |120px||Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 – Splitting star||Indo-Pacific |- |120px||Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck 1816) – Blue spiny starfish|| Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea |- |}
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