| Oreaster | |
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| O. reticulatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Oreasteridae |
| Genus: | Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842 [1] |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Oreaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.
Species include: [1]
Astropecten is a genus of sea stars of the family Astropectinidae.
Franz Hermann Troschel was a German zoologist born in Spandau.
Culcita novaeguineae is a species of starfish. It has short arms and an inflated appearance and resembles a pentagonal pincushion. It is variable in colour and can be found in tropical warm waters in the Indo-Pacific.
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Psilaster andromeda is a species of starfish in the family Astropectinidae. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it occurs at abyssal depths.
The Oreasteridae are a family of sea stars in the class Asteroidea.
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Pentaceraster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.
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Certonardoa semiregularis is a species of sea star in the family Ophidiasteridae.
Archasteridae is a family of starfish found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. The genus Astropus, previously included in this family, is now included in the genus Archaster with the single species, Astropus longipes, being accepted as Archaster lorioli Sukarno & Jangoux, 1977.
Ophiocoma is a genus of brittle stars belonging to the family Ophiocomidae.
Cryptasterina pentagona is a species of starfish in the family Asterinidae. It is found in shallow waters in north eastern Australia. Its life cycle includes the release of large-yolked eggs and the development of planktonic larvae which is in contrast to the very similar Cryptasterina hystera which is viviparous. The two appear to have diverged from a common ancestral line only a few thousand years ago.
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Stichaster striatus, the common light striated star, is a species of starfish in the family Stichasteridae, found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It was first described by the German zoologists Johannes Peter Müller and Franz Hermann Troschel in 1840.
Oreaster clavatus is a species of sea star that is found in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, reportedly found from the coast of Angola to the coast of Cape Verde.
Asteronyx is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Asteronychidae.
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