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Family: Asterinidae cushion stars



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70 species (see list below)
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Anseropoda antarctica
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Anseropoda diaphana
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Anseropoda fisheri
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Anseropoda lobiancoi
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Anseropoda placenta
[Goose foot starfish]
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Anseropoda rosacea
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Aquilonastra anomala
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Aquilonastra batheri
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Aquilonastra burtoni
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Aquilonastra byrneae
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Aquilonastra cepheus
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Aquilonastra colemani
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Aquilonastra conandae
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Aquilonastra corallicola
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Aquilonastra coronata
[Crown sea star]
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Aquilonastra doranae
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Aquilonastra halseyae
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Aquilonastra iranica
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Aquilonastra limboonkengi
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Aquilonastra samyni
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Aquilonastra watersi
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Asterina fimbriata
[Scale star]

Fenwick, David

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Asterina gibbosaunspecified

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Asterina gibbosa
[Cushion starfish]
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Asterina hartmeyeri
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Asterina martinbarriosi
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Asterina ocellifera
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Asterina orthodon
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Asterina pancerii
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Coudre, Christian

Atlantic and Mediterranea

Asterina phylacticaEmson & Crump, 1979

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Asterina phylactica
[Small cushion starfish]
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Asterina sarasini
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Asterina vicentae
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Asterinides folium
[Little starfish]
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Asterinides pilosa
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Cryptasterina pentagona
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Cycethra frigida
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Cycethra verrucosa
[Soft gingerbread hem star]
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Disasterina abnormalis
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Disasterina odontocantha
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Ganeria falklandica
[Serrated hem star]
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Hyalinothrix millespina
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic

Kampylaster incurvatusKoehler, 1920

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Kampylaster incurvatus
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Knightaster bakeri
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Meridiastra calcar
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.

Nepanthia belcheri(Perrier, 1876)

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Nepanthia belcheri
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Nepanthia briareus
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Nepanthia fisheri
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Nepanthia maculata
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Paranepanthia aucklandensis
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Paranepanthia pedicellaris
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Parvulastra calcarata
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Parvulastra exigua
[Dwarf cushion star]
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Parvulastra vivipara
[Tasmanian live-bearing seastar]
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Patiria chilensis
[Chilean bat star]

Ulman, Aylin

Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm WD
Patiria miniata(Brandt, 1835)

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Patiria miniata
[Bat star]
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Patiriella calcarata
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Patiriella oliveri
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Patiriella paradoxa
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Patiriella pseudoexigua
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Patiriella regularis
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Perknaster antarcticus
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Perknaster aurantiacus
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Perknaster aurorae
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Perknaster charcoti
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Perknaster densus
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Perknaster fuscus
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Perknaster sladeni
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Pseudasterina delicata
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Pseudasterina granulosa
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Tegulaster ceylanica
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific, Northe

Tremaster mirabilisVerrill, 1880

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Tremaster mirabilis
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