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Cryptasterina
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Cryptasterina

Cryptasterina is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Asterinidae. They occur in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans in the littoral and shallow sublittoral zone.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cryptasterina pentagona

speciesCryptasterina pentagona

Cryptasterina hystera

speciesCryptasterina hystera

Cryptasterina pacifica

speciesCryptasterina pacifica

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 341870.