Pteraster Müller and Troschel, 1842

Clark, Roger N. & Jewett, Stephen C., 2011, Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands, Zootaxa 3051, pp. 1-13 : 9

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Pterasteridae having muscle bands in the supradorsal membrane, but these as a rule not regularly reticulated; adambulacral armature in the form of transverse webbed combs; actinolateral spines forming a free, independent lateral fringe, not merged in actinal floor; supradorsal membrane frequently (but not invariably) with small spiracula.