Astropectinidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Paxillosida
- Family
- Astropectinidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Astropectinidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Astropectinidae
The Astropectinidae are a family of sea stars in the order Paxillosida. Usually, these starfish live on the seabed and immerse themselves in soft sediment such as sand and mud.
They are not to be confused with species in the genus Archaster, which share similar shape and life habits, but belong to the family Archasteridae (order Valvatida).
...Astropectinidae in languages:
- English
- Comb Stars
- Japanese
- モミジガイ科
- Swedish
- kamsjöstjärnor
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Astromesites
- Astropecten
- Astropectinides
- Bathybiaster
- Blakiaster
- Bollonaster
- Bunodaster
- Craspidaster
- Ctenophoraster
- Ctenopleura
- Dipsacaster
- Dytaster
- Koremaster
- Leptychaster
- Lonchotaster
- Macroptychaster
- Mimastrella
- Patagiaster
- Persephonaster
- Plutonaster
- Proserpinaster
- Psilaster
- Tethyaster
- Thrissacanthias
- Tritonaster
- Trophodiscus