Forcipulatidan Sea Stars
Forcipulatida
The Forcipulatida are an order of sea stars, containing three families and 49 genera.
6 branches of this order, most-observed first
Asteriid Sea Stars
familyAsteriidae
Stichasteridae
familyStichasteridae
Heliasterid Sun Stars
familyHeliasteridae
Zoroasteridae
familyZoroasteridae
Pedicellasteridae
familyPedicellasteridae
Neomorphasteridae
familyNeomorphasteridae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 47672.