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Stichaster
Sign in to saveAlso known as Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Stichaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Stichasteridae.
Species
Reef Sea Star
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderForcipulatida
- FamilyStichasteridae
Habitatmarine
Observations759
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- Family
- Stichasteridae
- Collections
- MNHN, FMNH, AM, NMV, UMZC
- Recorded in
- Argentine, Peru, Chile, Atlantique, Mer Celtique, Gabon, Cuba, New Zealand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Stichasteridae
- Image
- Starfish orgy (Stichaster australis).jpg
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- Commons category
- Stichaster
- taxon name
- Stichaster
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Müller & Troschel, 1840
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Encyclopedic overview
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Stichaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Stichasteridae.
==Species== Accepted Species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |- |120px||Stichaster australis (Verrill, 1871)||New Zealand |- | 120px ||Stichaster striatus (Müller & Troschel, 1840)|| Southeastern Pacific Ocean, along the coast of South America |- |}
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