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Echinasteridae
Sign in to saveThe Echinasteridae are a family of starfish in the monotypic order Spinulosida. The family includes eight genera and about 133 species found on the seabed in various habitats around the world.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderSpinulosida
- FamilyEchinasteridae
De Echinasteridae zijn een familie van zeesterren uit de orde Spinulosida.
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- Specimen records
- 74
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- 9
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- Echinasteridae
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- NMV, CAS, SIO, AUM, UCMP
- Recorded in
- Antarctica, United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, Ecuador
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- Parent taxon
- Spinulosida
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- Zeester.JPG
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- Echinaster
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The Echinasteridae are a family of starfish in the monotypic order Spinulosida. The family includes eight genera and about 133 species found on the seabed in various habitats around the world.
==Taxonomy== Echinasteridae contains eight genera and about 133 species. The two genera Echinaster and Henricia are the most speciose, forming species complexes. Echinaster has a largely tropical distribution and occurs in shallow seas including continental shelves, while Henricia is cosmopolitan, occurring mostly in cold waters, including polar habitats and abyssal locations. Aleutihenricia and Odontohenricia are native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, in the vicinity of the Aleutian Islands.
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