''Novodinia'' 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
Brisingidae
The Brisingidae are a family of starfish found only in the deep sea. They inhabit both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at abyssal depths, and also occur in the Southern Ocean and around Antarctica at slightly shallower depths.
The family was n ...
.
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:
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Novodinia americana''
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Novodinia antillensis
''Novodinia antillensis'', the velcro sea star, is a species of starfish in the family Brisingidae. It is found in the deep sea in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean, being quite common at a depth of around on the Mesoamerican ...
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Novodinia austini''
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Novodinia australis''
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Novodinia clarki''
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Novodinia homonyma''
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Novodinia magister''
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Novodinia novaezelandiae''
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Novodinia pacifica
''Novodinia'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Brisingidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Novodinia americana''
*''Novodinia antillensis''
*''Novodinia austini''
*''Novodinia australis''
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Novodinia pandina
''Novodinia'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Brisingidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Novodinia americana''
*''Novodinia antillensis''
*''Novodinia austini''
*''Novodinia australis''
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Novodinia penichra''
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Novodinia radiata''
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Novodinia semicoronata''
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Brisingida
Asteroidea genera
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