| Aquilonastra | |
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| Aquilonastra conandae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Aquilonastra O'Loughlin, 2004 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Asteriscus cepheus Müller and Troschel, 1842. | |
| Species | |
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Aquilonastra is a genus of small sea stars within the family Asterinidae. It has over 20 described species.
Aquilonastra has generally five rays, except fissiparous species which have five to eight ones. It looks like a star, as inter-radial margins are deeply incurved. [1]
According to World Register of Marine Species and O'Loughlin & Rowe 2006: [2]
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