''Acodontaster'' is a
genus
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of
starfish
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in the
family
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Odontasteridae. Members of the genus are found in the
Southern Ocean
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, in the waters off
Antarctica
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and the island groups nearby. ''Acodontaster elongatus'' is additionally found further north in the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern seaboard of South America.
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Species
The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species:[
*'' Acodontaster capitatus'' (Koehler, 1912)
*'' Acodontaster conspicuus'' (Koehler, 1920)
*'' Acodontaster elongatus'' (Sladen, 1889)
*'' Acodontaster hodgsoni'' (Bell, 1908)
*'' Acodontaster marginatus'' (Koehler, 1912)
]
References
Odontasteridae
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