The Asteriidae are a diverse

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Asteroidea Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea (). Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or basket stars. Starfish ...

(sea stars) in the order

Forcipulatida The Forcipulatida are an order (biology), order of sea stars, containing three families and 49 genera. Description Forcipulatids share with the Brisingida, brisingid sea stars distinctive pedicellariae, consisting of a short stalk with three ske ...

. It is one of three families in the order Forcipulatida. The oldest unambiguous fossils of the family date to the Late Cretaceous.

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species lists these

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within the family Asteriidae (in a field of 6 families): * '' Adelasterias'' Verrill, 1914 * '' Anasterias'' Perrier, 1875 * '' Aphanasterias'' Fisher, 1923 * '' Aphelasterias'' Fisher, 1923 * '' Asterias''

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, 1758 * '' Astrometis'' Fisher, 1923 * '' Astrostole'' Fisher, 1923 * '' Caimanaster'' A.M. Clark, 1962 * '' Calasterias'' Hayashi, 1975 * '' Coronaster'' Perrier, 1885 * '' Coscinasterias'' Verrill, 1867 * '' Cryptasterias'' Verrill, 1914 * '' Diplasterias'' Perrier, 1891 * '' Distolasterias'' Perrier, 1896 * '' Evasterias'' Verrill, 1914 * '' Icasterias'' Fisher, 1923 * '' Kenrickaster'' A.M. Clark, 1962 * '' Leptasterias'' Verrill, 1866 * '' Lethasterias'' Fisher, 1923 * '' Lysasterias'' Fisher, 1908 * '' Lysastrosoma'' Fisher, 1922 * '' Marthasterias''

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, 1878 * '' Meyenaster'' Verrill, 1913 * '' Notasterias'' Koehler, 1911 * '' Orthasterias'' Verrill, 1914 * '' Perissasterias'' H.L. Clark, 1923 * '' Pycnopodia'' Stimpson, 1862 * '' Pisaster''

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and Troschel, 1840 * '' Plazaster'' Fisher, 1941 * '' Psalidaster'' Fisher, 1940 * '' Rathbunaster'' Fisher, 1906 * '' Saliasterias'' Koehler, 1920 * '' Sclerasterias'' Perrier, 1891 * '' Stephanasterias'' Verrill, 1871 * '' Stylasterias'' Verrill, 1914 * '' Taranuiaster'' McKnight, 1973 * '' Tarsastrocles'' Fisher, 1923 * '' Urasterias'' Verrill, 1909 海星（正面）.JPG, '' Asterias amurensis'' Leptasterias hexactis.jpg, '' Leptasterias hexactis'' Marthasterias glacialis Linosa 066.jpg, '' Marthasterias glacialis'' Ochre sea star.jpg, '' Pisaster ochraceus'' Stichastrella rosea.jpg, '' Stichastrella rosea'' Uniophora nuda P1192620.JPG, '' Uniophora nuda''

References

Echinoderm families Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Asteroidea-stub