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Marginaster

Marginaster is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae in the order Valvatida. It was named in 1881 by Edmond Perrier, and the type species is M. pectinatus. In 1995, a fossil brittle star was given the same generic name, but because the name was preoccupied by the starfish, the brittle star had to be renamed. The new name Marginix was given to the brittle star in 2015.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Marginaster pectinatus

speciesMarginaster pectinatus

Marginaster paucispinus

speciesMarginaster paucispinus

Marginaster patriciae

speciesMarginaster patriciae

Marginaster capreensis

speciesMarginaster capreensis

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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 247058.