Porcellanasteridae

The Porcellanasteridae are a family of sea stars in the order Paxillosida. These sea stars are found at abyssal depths. The World Asteroidea Database includes these genera in this family:...

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12 branches of this family, most-observed first

Eremicaster

genusEremicaster

Benthogenia

genusBenthogenia

Sidonaster

genusSidonaster

Thoracaster

genusThoracaster

Styracaster

genusStyracaster

Porcellanaster

genusPorcellanaster

Hyphalaster

genusHyphalaster

Lysaster

genusLysaster

Abyssaster

genusAbyssaster

Vitjazaster

genusVitjazaster

Damnaster

genusDamnaster

Lethmaster

genusLethmaster

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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 195860.