''Astroboa'' is a
genus
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of
basket star
The Euryalina are a suborder of brittle stars, which includes large species with either branching arms (called "basket stars") or long and curling arms (called "snake stars"). It is sometimes listed as the order Euryalida.
Characteristics
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s in the
class
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Ophiuroidea
Brittle stars, serpent stars, or ophiuroids (; ; referring to the serpent-like arms of the brittle star) are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea, closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locomot ...
.
Species
These
species
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are included in the genus by the World Register of Marine Species:
The World Ophiuroidea Database - Astroboa Döderlein, 1911
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*'' Astroboa albatrossi'' Döderlein, 1927
*'' Astroboa arctos'' Matsumoto, 1915
*'' Astroboa clavata'' Lyman, 1861
*'' Astroboa ernae'' Döderlein, 1911
*'' Astroboa globifera'' Döderlein, 1902
*'' Astroboa granulatus'' H.L. Clark, 1938
*'' Astroboa nigrofurcata'' Döderlein, 1927
*'' Astroboa nuda'' Lyman, 1874
*'' Astroboa tuberculosa'' Koehler, 1930
References
Gorgonocephalidae
Ophiuroidea genera
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