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Cushion Stars and Allies
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Cushion Stars and Allies

Oreasteridae

The Oreasteridae are a family of sea stars in the class Asteroidea.

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19 branches of this family, most-observed first

Oreaster

genusOreaster

Protoreaster

genusProtoreaster

Pentaceraster

genusPentaceraster

Culcita

genusCulcita

Choriaster

genusChoriaster

Nidorellia

genusNidorellia

Anthenea

genusAnthenea

Pseudoreaster

genusPseudoreaster

Anthaster

genusAnthaster

Gymnanthenea

genusGymnanthenea

Pentaster

genusPentaster

Halityle

genusHalityle

Poraster

genusPoraster

Monachaster

genusMonachaster

Nectriaster

genusNectriaster

Pseudanthenea

genusPseudanthenea

Acheronaster

genusAcheronaster

Astrosarkus

genusAstrosarkus

Pentaceros

genusPentaceros

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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 49502.