Valvatidan Sea Stars
Valvatida
The Valvatida are an order of starfish in the class Asteroidea, which contains 695 species in 172 genera in 17 families.
15 branches of this order, most-observed first
Cushion Stars, Carpet Stars, and Allies
familyAsterinidae
Cushion Stars and Allies
familyOreasteridae
Asteropseidae
familyAsteropseidae
Ophidiasteridae
familyOphidiasteridae
Biscuit Stars
familyGoniasteridae
Crown-of-thorns Sea Stars
familyAcanthasteridae
Solasterid Sun Stars
familySolasteridae
Archasteridae
familyArchasteridae
Mithrodiidae
familyMithrodiidae
Odontasteridae
familyOdontasteridae
Poraniidae
familyPoraniidae
Asterodiscididae
familyAsterodiscididae
Chaetasteridae
familyChaetasteridae
Podosphaerasteridae
familyPodosphaerasteridae
Leilasteridae
familyLeilasteridae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 49501.