Astropectinidae

Family of starfishes

Astropectinidae

Astropecten aranciacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Echinodermata
Class:  | Asteroidea
Order:  | Paxillosida
Family:  | Astropectinidae
Gray, 1840
Genera

see text.

The Astropectinidae are a family of sea stars in the order Paxillosida. Usually, these starfish live on the seabed and immerse themselves in soft sediment such as sand and mud.[1]

They are not to be confused with species in the genus Archaster, which share similar shape and life habits, but belong to the family Archasteridae (order Valvatida).[2]

## Genera[edit]

There are 27 genera in the family:

* Astromesites Fisher, 1913
* Astropecten Gray, 1840
* Astropectinides Verrill, 1914
* Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883
* Blakiaster Perrier, 1881
* Bollonaster McKnight, 1977
* Bunodaster Verrill, 1909
* Craspidaster Sladen, 1889
* Ctenophoraster Fisher, 1906
* Ctenopleura Fisher, 1913
* Dipsacaster Alcock, 1893
* Dytaster Sladen, 1889
* Koremaster Fisher, 1913
* Leptychaster E.A. Smith, 1876
* Lonchotaster Sladen, 1889
* Macroptychaster H.E.S. Clark, 1963
* Mimastrella Fisher, 1916
* Patagiaster Fisher, 1906
* Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
* Pentasteria Valette, 1929
* Plutonaster Sladen, 1889
* Proserpinaster Fell, 1963
* Psilaster Sladen, 1885
* Tethyaster Sladen, 1889
* Thrissacanthias Fisher, 1910
* Tritonaster Fisher, 1906
* Trophodiscus Fisher, 1917

* Astropecten aranciacus

* Astropecten articulatus

* Astropecten bispinosus

* Astropecten irregularis

* Astropecten jonstoni

* Astropecten platyacanthus

* Astropectinides ctenophora

* Bollonaster pectinatus

* Craspidaster hesperus

* Dytaster insignis

* Plutonaster sp.

* Psilaster andromeda

* Tethyaster grandis

## References[edit]

* "Astropectinidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

1. ^ Mah, Christopher (2009-07-13). "The Hidden Treasure of Trophodiscus!". Echinoblog. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
2. ^ Mah, Christopher (2011-03-26). "Telling Apart Sand Stars: Archaster vs. Astropecten \- Two Common Trade Species". Echinoblog.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q660006
* Wikispecies: Astropectinidae
* ADW: Astropectinidae
* AFD: Astropectinidae
* BOLD: 24747
* CoL: 7NG2W
* Fossilworks: 53788
* GBIF: 5538
* iNaturalist: 48238
* IRMNG: 110035
* ITIS: 156882
* NBN: NHMSYS0021054074
* NCBI: 55649
* NZOR: 4942cfd0-7c19-4753-8372-aef7047b0676
* Plazi: A9308528-8C06-FFF6-FF54-58BDFDD9F9AB
* uBio: 593166
* WoRMS: 123127

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