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Paxillosidan Sea Stars
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Paxillosidan Sea Stars

Paxillosida

The Paxillosida are a large order of sea stars.

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8 branches of this order, most-observed first

Comb Stars

familyAstropectinidae

Luidia Sea Stars

familyLuidiidae

Cookie-cutter Sea Stars

familyCtenodiscidae

Benthopectinidae

familyBenthopectinidae

Pseudarchasteridae

familyPseudarchasteridae

Radiasteridae

familyRadiasteridae

Porcellanasteridae

familyPorcellanasteridae

Goniopectinid Sea Stars

familyGoniopectinidae

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Recorded sightings

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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 48239.