Arachnoididae
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Arachnoididae is a
family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
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echinoderm An echinoderm () is any animal of the phylum Echinodermata (), which includes starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers, as well as the sessile sea lilies or "stone lilies". While bilaterally symmetrical as ...
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order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...
Clypeasteroida Sand dollars (also known as sea cookies or snapper biscuits in New Zealand and Brazil, or pansy shells in South Africa) are species of flat, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the Order (biology), order Clypeasteroida. Some species within the or ...
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Genera

* '' Ammotrophus'' H. L. Clark, 1928 * '' Arachnoides'' Leske, 1778 * '' Fellaster'' Durham, 1955 * '' Fossulaster'' Lambert & Thiery, 1925 * '' Monostychia'' Laube, 1869 * '' Philipaster'' Wang, 1994 * '' Prowillungaster'' Wang, 1994 * '' Scutellinoides'' Durham, 1955 * '' Willungaster'' Philip & Foster, 1971


References


Natural History Museum
Clypeasteroida Echinoderm families {{echinoidea-stub