Brisaster Tasmanicus
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''Brisaster'' is a genus of
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 ...
s belonging to the family Schizasteridae. The genus has almost
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: *'' Brisaster antarcticus'' *'' Brisaster capensis'' *'' Brisaster fragilis'' *'' Brisaster kerguelenensis'' *'' Brisaster latifrons'' *'' Brisaster moseleyi'' *'' Brisaster owstoni'' *'' Brisaster tasmanicus'' *'' Brisaster townsendi''


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