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Family of starfishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Zoroasteridae are one of three families of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It contains seven living genera and one extinct genus.[2]
Zoroasteridae | |
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Zoroaster fulgens | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Order: | Forcipulatida |
Family: | Zoroasteridae Viguier, 1878 [1] |
Diversity | |
7 living genera, 35 species, See text. |
The living genera described are:
The extinct genus known is:
Species in this family are widespread, distributed mainly in Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. A few are found in the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans.[3]
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