Types of Starfish

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Choriaster granulatus is the only species in the genus Choriaster, but is most commonly known as the granulated sea star. Other common names include Big-Plated Sea Star and Doughboy Starfish. This species is harmless to humans.

The Forcipulatida are an order of sea stars, containing three families and 49 genera Description. Forcipulatids share ... This article about a starfish is a stub.

There are seven extant orders, Brisingida, Forcipulatida, Notomyotida, Paxillosida, Spinulosida, ... Starfish is the title of novels by Peter Watts ...

Starfish of the order Paxillosida have no brachiolaria stage, with the bipinnaria larvae settling on the seabed and developing directly into juveniles.

The Solasteridae are a family of sea stars. Genera. The following genera are listed in the World Register of Marine Species: ... This article about a starfish is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it ...

The Spinulosida are an order of sea stars containing at least 120 species in seven genera and two families. Spinulosids completely lack pedicellariae and have a delicate skeletal arrangement. Their name comes from the presence of numerous low spines on the aboral (upper) surface.

The Valvatida are an order of starfish in the class Asteroidea, which contains 695 species in 172 genera in 17 families. Description. The order encompasses both tiny species, which are only a few millimetres in diameter, like those in the genus Asterina, and species which can reach up to 75 cm, such as species in the genus Thromidia.