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Small Starfishes
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Small Starfishes

Asterina

Asterina is a genus of small sea stars within the family Asterinidae. It has over thirty described species.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cushion Star

speciesAsterina gibbosa

small cushion star

speciesAsterina phylactica

Little Pentagon Star

speciesAsterina fimbriata

Namibian Cushionstar

speciesAsterina stellifera

Asterina pancerii

speciesAsterina pancerii

Asterina martinbarriosi

speciesAsterina martinbarriosi

Asterina gracilispina

speciesAsterina gracilispina

Asterina pusilla

speciesAsterina pusilla

Asterina vicentae

speciesAsterina vicentae

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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 195852.