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Pythonaster
Sign in to savePythonaster is a genus of deep-sea velatid sea stars containing three species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderVelatida
- FamilyMyxasteridae
Habitatmarine
Observations0
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Myxasteridae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Antarctica
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Myxasteridae
- Image
- Pythonaster, probably P. atlantidis.jpeg
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- taxon name
- Pythonaster
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Pythonaster
- taxonomic type
- Pythonaster murrayi
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- References
Pythonaster is a genus of deep-sea velatid sea stars containing three species.
==Taxonomy== List of species according to World Register of Marine Species: Pythonaster atlantidis A.H. Clark, 1948 Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889 Pythonaster pacificus Downey, 1979
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