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Echinaster
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Echinaster

Echinaster is a well-studied and common genus of starfish containing ~30 species and is the second-largest genus found within the family Echinasteridae. The genera Henricia and Echinaster encompass 90% of all the species found within the family Echinasteridae. It contains 30 species, however the number of species in this genus is still debatable because of uncertainty within the genera. This genus is currently sub-divided into two sub-genera: Echinaster and Othilia, evolutionary relationships between the sub-genera is...

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3 branches of this group, most-observed first

Mediterranean Red Sea Star

speciesEchinaster sepositus

Echinaster reticulatus

speciesEchinaster reticulatus

Echinaster modestus

speciesEchinaster modestus

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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 1297144.