Cryptasterina
Sign in to saveCryptasterina is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Asterinidae. They occur in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans in the littoral and shallow sublittoral zone.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyAsterinidae
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Cryptasterina is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Asterinidae. They occur in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans in the littoral and shallow sublittoral zone.
==Description== Cryptasterina are small sea stars, with the radius between . The genus shows both viviparity and oviparity. The latter is the ancestral mode of reproduction.