| Pentaceraster | |
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| Pentaceraster cumingi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Oreasteridae |
| Genus: | Pentaceraster Döderlein, 1916 [1] |
| Species | |
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Pentaceraster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. Members of this genus are most often observed in warm coastal waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
List of species according to the World Register of Marine Species: [1]
Astropecten is a genus of sea stars of the family Astropectinidae.
Ophiotrichidae are a family of ophiurid brittle stars within the suborder Gnathophiurina.
Goniasteridae constitute the largest family of sea stars, included in the order Valvatida. They are mostly deep-dwelling species, but the family also include several colorful shallow tropical species.
Gorgonocephalus is a genus of marine basket stars in the class Ophiuroidea. Members of this genus are found in coldwater environments including the Arctic, the Antarctic, and deep-sea habitats. The scientific name comes from the Greek, gorgós meaning "dreaded" and -cephalus meaning "head", and refers to the similarity between these echinoids and the Gorgon's head from Greek myth with its coiled serpents for hair. The Greek mythological hero Perseus beheaded the Gorgon Medusa; when Perseus later dropped Medusa's head on the beach, her petrifying glance turned the nearby seaweed to stone, creating the first coral.
Ophioderma is a genus of brittle stars in the family Ophiodermatiidae.
Henricia is a large genus of slender-armed sea stars belonging to the family Echinasteridae. It contains about fifty species.
The Oreasteridae are a family of sea stars in the class Asteroidea.
Anthenea is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. Members of this genus are most commonly observed off the coasts of Australia and southeast Asia.
Goniodiscaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. Members of this genus can be found off the coasts of India, southeast Asia, and Australia. Other taxa commonly misidentified as this genus include Anthenea, Tosia, and Pentaceraster.
Luidia is a genus of starfish in the family Luidiidae in which it is the only genus. Species of the family have a cosmopolitan distribution.
Astropecten irregularis is a sea star of the family Astropectinidae. Common names include Sand sea star.
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.
Pentaceraster cumingi, sometimes known as the Panamic cushion star, Cortez starfish or knobby star, is a species of starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in warmer parts of the East Pacific and in Hawaii. In Panama this species has been collected from the Pearl Islands, Gulf of Panama, and off Coiba Island, Gulf of Chiriqui. It reaches a diameter of about 30 cm (12 in).
The Heliasteridae are a family of Asteroidea in the order Forcipulatida. It includes two genera: Heliaster from the East Pacific, and Labidiaster from southernmost South America, Antarctica and subantarctic oceans.
Ophiactis is a genus of brittle stars (Ophiuroidea).
Metrodira is a genus of starfish in the family Echinasteridae in the order Spinulosida.
Ophiomastix is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophiocomidae.
Ophidiaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophidiasteridae.
Macrophiothrix is a genus of brittle stars.
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