Goniodiscaster

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Goniodiscaster
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Biscuit sea star ( Goniodiscaster scaber )
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Oreasteridae
Genus: Goniodiscaster
H.L.Clark, 1909 [1]
Species

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Goniodiscaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.

Selected species

List source : [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 C.L. Mah (2010). "Asteroidea taxon details for Goniodiscaster H.L.Clark, 1909". World Asteroidea Database. Retrieved June 29, 2011.