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    Cryptasterina

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    Cryptasterina
    Cryptic sea star (Cryptasterina sp.).jpg
    Cryptasterina sp.
    Scientific classification e
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Echinodermata
    Class: Asteroidea
    Order: Valvatida
    Family: Asterinidae
    Genus: Cryptasterina
    Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003[1]

    Cryptasterina is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Asterinidae.[2] They occur in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.[3]

    The genus shows both viviparity and oviparity. The latter is the ancestral mode of reproduction.[1]

    Species

    There are three species:[2]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dartnall, Alan J.; Byrne, Maria; Collins, John; Hart, Michael W. (2003). "A new viviparous species of asterinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Asterinidae) and a new genus to accommodate the species of pantropical exiguoid sea stars". Zootaxa 359: 1–14. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.359.1.1. 
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cryptasterina Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382565. 
    3. ↑ "Cryptasterina Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2272305. 

    Wikidata ☰ Q3462885 entry




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