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Dipsacaster
Sign in to saveDipsacaster is an extinct genus of sea stars in the family Astropectinidae. It was described by Alcock in 1893, and is known from France and Morocco. It contains the species D. jadeti and D. africanus.
Species
ハダカモミジガイ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderPaxillosida
- FamilyAstropectinidae
Habitatmarine
Observations1
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 77
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Astropectinidae
- Collections
- CAS, SIO, USNM, NMV, WAM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Japan, United States, Philippines, Mexico, Australia, Nouvelle-Caledonie
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Dipsacaster is an extinct genus of sea stars in the family Astropectinidae. It was described by Alcock in 1893, and is known from France and Morocco. It contains the species D. jadeti and D. africanus.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dipsacaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.