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Coscinasterias
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Coscinasterias is a genus of sea stars of the family Asteriidae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Coscinasterias is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to starfish, Animalia and Wikidata.
It is catalogued under topics including Asteriidae, Starfish genera and Taxa named by Addison Emery Verrill.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderForcipulatida
- FamilyAsteriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 84
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Asteriidae
- Collections
- CAS, MNHN, NMV, MZLU, AM
- Recorded in
- Japan, Iles Des Acores, Australia, Italy
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Asteriidae
- Image
- Coscinasterias tenuispina Linosa 209.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Coscinasterias is a genus of sea stars of the family Asteriidae.
==Species== There are four recognized species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px||Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862)||Japan |- |120px||Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) – Eleven-arm sea star|| southern Australia and New Zealand |- |120px||Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 – Splitting star||Indo-Pacific |- |120px||Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck 1816) – Blue spiny starfish|| Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea |- |}
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