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Cushion Stars, Carpet Stars, and Allies
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Cushion Stars, Carpet Stars, and Allies

Asterinidae

The Asterinidae are a large family of sea stars in the order Valvatida.

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27 branches of this family, most-observed first

Bat Stars

genusPatiria

Meridiastra

genusMeridiastra

Cushion Stars

genusParvulastra

Small Starfishes

genusAsterina

Carpet Sea Stars

genusPatiriella

Aquilonastra

genusAquilonastra

Callopatiria

genusCallopatiria

Stegnaster

genusStegnaster

Ganeriinae

subfamilyGaneriinae

Nepanthia

genusNepanthia

Cryptasterina

genusCryptasterina

Pseudonepanthia

genusPseudonepanthia

Disasterina

genusDisasterina

Anseropoda

genusAnseropoda

Indianastra

genusIndianastra

Paranepanthia

genusParanepanthia

Ailsastra

genusAilsastra

Tremasterinae

subfamilyTremasterinae

Asterinides

genusAsterinides

Tegulaster

genusTegulaster

Hyalinothricinae

subfamilyHyalinothricinae

Pseudasterina

genusPseudasterina

Kampylaster

genusKampylaster

Asterininae

subfamilyAsterininae

Limnasterias

genusLimnasterias

Pseudopatiria

genusPseudopatiria

Asteriscus

genusAsteriscus

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Where it lives

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 48831.