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Oreaster
Sign in to saveOreaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyOreasteridae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 69
- With media
- 29
- Family
- Oreasteridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK, USNM
- Recorded in
- Guinea, Angola, United Kingdom, Philippines, Oman, Sierra Leone, India, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Oreasteridae
- Image
- Starfish.JPG
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- Commons category
- Oreaster
- taxon name
- Oreaster
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Oreaster
- taxon author citation
- Müller & Troschel, 1842
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Selected species
- References
Oreaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.
==Selected species== Species include: Oreaster clavatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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