Asteriidae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae
Genus
Species
Scientific Name: Asteriidae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Asteriidae in languages:

English: Asteriid Sea Stars
Japanese: マヒトデ
Japanese: マヒトデ科
Russian: Астерииды
Swedish: Trollsjöstjärnor
Swedish: nätsjöstjärnor

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