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Leiaster
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Leiaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophidiasteridae.
Species
オオアカヒトデ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyOphidiasteridae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 139
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Ophidiasteridae
- Collections
- USNM, UF, CAS, MNHN, AM, WAM
- Recorded in
- United States, French Polynesia, Philippines, Somalia, Oman, Comoro Islands [Comoros], Seychelles, Nouvelle-Caledonie
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ophidiasteridae
- Image
- Leiaster speciosus.JPG
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- taxon name
- Leiaster
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Leiaster
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Encyclopedic overview
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Leiaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophidiasteridae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leiaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.