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Ophidiaster
Sign in to saveOphidiaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophidiasteridae.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyOphidiasteridae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 252
- With media
- 48
- Family
- Ophidiasteridae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, NMV, TCWC, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Philippines, Japan, Australia, United States, Guam, Saudi Arabia, Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ophidiasteridae
- Image
- Ophidiaster ophidianus.jpg
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- Ophidiaster
- taxon name
- Ophidiaster
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- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ophidiaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophidiasteridae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ophidiaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.