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Coscinasterias

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Coscinasterias
Coscinasterias tenuispina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae
Genus: Coscinasterias
Verrill, 1867
Type species
Coscinasterias muricata
Verrill, 1867
Species

4, see text.

Coscinasterias is a genus of sea stars of the family Asteriidae.[1]

Species

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There are four recognized species:[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862) Japan
Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) – Eleven-arm sea star southern Australia and New Zealand
Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 – Splitting star Indo-Pacific
Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck 1816) – Blue spiny starfish Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea

The following are synonyms of other species:

References

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  1. ^ a b Mah, C.L. (2021). Mah CL (ed.). "Coscinasterias Verrill, 1867". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 March 2021.