Zoroasteridae
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| Zoroasteridae | |
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| Zoroaster fulgens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Forcipulatida |
| Family: | Zoroasteridae Viguier, 1878 [1] |
| Diversity | |
| 7 living genera, 35 species, See text. | |
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]
The living genera described are:
- Bythiolophus Fisher, 1916 (monotypic)
- B. acanthinus Fisher, 1916
- Cnemidaster Sladen, 1889 (six species)
- Doraster Downey, 1970 (monotypic)
- D. constellatus Downey, 1970
- Myxoderma Fisher, 1905 (five species)
- Pholidaster Sladen, 1889 (monotypic)
- P. squamatus Sladen, 1889
- Sagenaster Mah, 2007 (monotypic)
- S. evermanni (Fisher, 1905)
- Zoroaster Thomson, 1873 (20 species)
The extinct genus known is:
- Terminaster Hess, 1974†
