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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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611035
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scientific name	Pteraster Müller and Troschel, 1842
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Pteraster Müller and Troschel, 1842 View in CoL

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.

References

Muller, O. F. & Troschel, F. H. (1842) System der Asteriden, p. 128.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Class	Asteroidea
Order	Velatida
Family	Pterasteridae

Specimens