Pteraster

Pteraster
Pteraster sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Velatida
Family:	Pterasteridae
Genus:	Pteraster Thomson, 1873
Species
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Pteraster is a genus of sea stars in the family Pterasteridae. ^[1]

Species

The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species: ^[1]

• Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill, 1895)
• Pteraster acicula (Downey, 1970)
• Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876
• Pteraster alveolatus Perrier, 1894
• Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958
• Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847
• Pteraster caribbaeus Perrier, 1881
• Pteraster corynetes Fisher, 1916
• Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher, 1910
• Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905)
• Pteraster educator Djakonov, 1958
• Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen, 1933
• Pteraster florifer Koehler, 1920
• Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen, 1933
• Pteraster gibber (Sladen, 1882)
• Pteraster hastatus Mortensen, 1913
• Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen, 1882)
• Pteraster hymenasteroides Djakonov, 1958
• Pteraster hystrix Harvey, 1989
• Pteraster ifurus Golotsvan, 1998
• Pteraster inermis Perrier, 1888
• Pteraster jordani Fisher, 1905
• Pteraster koehleri A.M. Clark, 1962
• Pteraster marsippus Fisher, 1910
• Pteraster militarioides H.L. Clark, 1941
• Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Pteraster minutus Djakonov, 1958
• Pteraster multiporus H.L. Clark, 1908
• Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908
• Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891)
• Pteraster octaster Verrill, 1909
• Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891
• Pteraster pulvillus (M. Sars, 1861)
• Pteraster reticulatus Fisher, 1906
• Pteraster robertsoni McKnight, 1973
• Pteraster rugatus Sladen, 1882
• Pteraster rugosus H.L. Clark, 1941
• Pteraster solitarius Djakonov, 1958
• Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen, 1882)
• Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882
• Pteraster temnochiton Fisher, 1910
• Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888
• Pteraster tetracanthus H.L. Clark, 1916
• Pteraster texius Golotsvan, 1998
• Pteraster trigonodon Domantay, 1969
• Pteraster trigonodon Fisher, 1910
• Pteraster uragensis Hayashi, 1940
• Pteraster willsi Clark & Jewett, 2011

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  Pteraster capensis
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  Pteraster militaris
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  Pteraster reticulatus
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  Pteraster stellifer (both faces)

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2012-02-15.