Pterasteridae
| Pterasteridae Temporal range:
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| Pteraster capensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Velatida |
| Family: | Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875 |
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Pterasteridae is a
genera
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Description and characteristics
Pterasterids are primarily deep-water, and have an inflated aboral surface. Like many other members of the ordo Velatida, they have a hole in the middle of the central disc called "osculum", from which they can expel mucus for defending against predators.[2]
Many species brood their young in an internal chamber flushed with seawater.
Fossil pterasterids have been found as early as the upper
Cretaceous period.[3]
Genera
According to the World Register of Marine Species :
- Amembranaster Golotsvan, 1998 -- 1 species
- Benthaster Sladen, 1882 -- 3 species
- Calyptraster Sladen, 1882 -- 5 species
- Diplopteraster Verrill, 1880 -- 7 species
- Euretaster Fisher, 1940 -- 3 species
- Hymenaster Thomson, 1873 -- 51 species
- Hymenasterides Fisher, 1911 -- 2 species
- Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 -- 46 species
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Hymenaster echinulatus (both faces) -
Hymenaster sp. -
Pteraster stellifer (both faces) -
Pteraster sp.
References
- ^ Mah, C.L. "Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875". World Asteroidea Database. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Mah, Christopher L. (13 September 2010). "Pteraster & kin- Starfish that fight back with mucus!". Echinoblog.
- S2CID 140174051.
External links
Data related to Pterasteridae at Wikispecies
Media related to Pterasteridae at Wikimedia Commons
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