Myxasteridae
| Myxasteridae | |
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| Pythonaster sp. (probably P. atlantidis). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Eleutherozoa |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Velatida Perrier, 1885 |
| Family: | Myxasteridae |
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Myxasteridae is a family of deep-sea velatid sea stars containing nine species in three genera.
Taxonomy
List of families according to World Register of Marine Species:[1]
- genus Asthenactis Fisher, 1906
- Asthenactis australis McKnight, 2006
- Asthenactis fisheri Alton, 1966
- Asthenactis papyraceus Fisher, 1906
- genus Myxaster Perrier, 1885
- Myxaster medusa (Fisher, 1913)
- Myxaster perrieri Koehler, 1896
- Myxaster sol Perrier, 1885
- genus Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
- Pythonaster atlantidis A.H. Clark, 1948
- Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889
- Pythonaster pacificus Downey, 1979
Asthenactis papyraceus
Myxaster sp.
Pythonaster sp.
References
- ↑ "The World Asteroidea Database - Myxasteridae". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
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