''Asteronyx'' is a genus of
echinoderms
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 larv ...
belonging to the family
Asteronychidae
Asteronychidae is a family of echinoderms
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 l ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
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Asteronyx longifissus''
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Asteronyx loveni''
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Asteronyx luzonicus''
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Asteronyx lymani''
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Asteronyx niger''
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Asteronyx reticulata''
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Asteronyx simplex''
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Asteronyx spinulosa''
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Asteronyx valkenburgensis''
References
Ophiuroidea genera
Phrynophiurida
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