Marginaster
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| Marginaster | |
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| Preserved specimen of Marginaster pectinatus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Poraniidae |
| Genus: | Marginaster Perrier, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Marginaster pectinatus Perrier, 1881 | |
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Marginaster is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae within the order Valvatida. It was named in 1881 by Edmond Perrier, and the type species is M. pectinatus.[1] In 1995, a fossil brittle star was given the same generic name; however, because the name was preoccupied by the starfish, the brittle star required renaming.[2] The brittle star was renamed Marginix in 2015.[3]
