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Astropectinidae
The Astropectinidae are a family of sea stars in the order Paxillosida. The starfish are usually found living on the seabed, where they are often partially buried in soft sediment such as sand and mud.
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) and can be readily identified by their tube feet having suckers instead of lacking them as in the Astropectinidae.
26 branches of this family, most-observed first
Astropecten
genusAstropecten
Psilaster
genusPsilaster
Tethyaster
genusTethyaster
Bathybiaster
genusBathybiaster
Craspidaster
genusCraspidaster
Bollonaster
genusBollonaster
Leptychaster
genusLeptychaster
Macroptychaster
genusMacroptychaster
Dipsacaster
genusDipsacaster
Dytaster
genusDytaster
Plutonaster
genusPlutonaster
Thrissacanthias
genusThrissacanthias
Trophodiscus
genusTrophodiscus
Proserpinaster
genusProserpinaster
Persephonaster
genusPersephonaster
Patagiaster
genusPatagiaster
Ctenopleura
genusCtenopleura
Astromesites
genusAstromesites
Ctenophoraster
genusCtenophoraster
Blakiaster
genusBlakiaster
Lonchotaster
genusLonchotaster
Tritonaster
genusTritonaster
Bunodaster
genusBunodaster
Koremaster
genusKoremaster
Mimastrella
genusMimastrella
Astropectinides
genusAstropectinides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 48238.