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Pythonaster

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Pythonaster is a genus of deep-sea velatid sea stars containing three species.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumEchinodermata
  3. ClassAsteroidea
  4. OrderVelatida
  5. FamilyMyxasteridae
Habitatmarine
Observations0

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
3
With media
15
Family
Myxasteridae
Collections
USNM, CAS
Recorded in
United States, Antarctica

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Myxasteridae
Image
Pythonaster, probably P. atlantidis.jpeg
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taxon name
Pythonaster
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Pythonaster
taxonomic type
Pythonaster murrayi
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