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Solasterid Sun Stars
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Solasterid Sun Stars

Solasteridae

The Solasteridae are a family of sea stars.

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7 branches of this family, most-observed first

Smooth Sun Stars

genusSolaster

Crossaster

genusCrossaster

Lophaster

genusLophaster

Laetmaster

genusLaetmaster

Heterozonias

genusHeterozonias

Rhipidaster

genusRhipidaster

Paralophaster

genusParalophaster

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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 117698.