''Ophidiaster'' 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
Ophidiasteridae
The Ophidiasteridae (Greek ''ophidia'', Οφιδια, "of snakes", diminutive form) are a family of sea stars with about 30 genera. Occurring both in the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, ophidiasterids are greatest in diversity in the Indo-Pacif ...
.
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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Ophidiaster agassizi''
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Ophidiaster alexandri''
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Ophidiaster arenatus''
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Ophidiaster armatus''
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Ophidiaster attenuatus''
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Ophidiaster bayeri''
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Ophidiaster bicolor''
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Ophidiaster bullisi''
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Ophidiaster chinensis''
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Ophidiaster colossus''
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Ophidiaster confertus''
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Ophidiaster cribrarius''
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Ophidiaster davidsoni''
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Ophidiaster duncani''
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Ophidiaster granifer
''Ophidiaster granifer'', the grained seastar, is a species of starfish in the family Ophidiasteridae. It is found in the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific and is the only known species of starfish to reproduce by parthenogenesis.
Description
''Ophi ...
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Ophidiaster guildingi''
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Ophidiaster helicostichus''
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Ophidiaster hemprichi''
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Ophidiaster kermadecensis''
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Ophidiaster lorioli''
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Ophidiaster ludwigi''
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Ophidiaster macknighti''
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Ophidiaster multispinus''
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Ophidiaster ophidianus''
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Ophidiaster perplexus''
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Ophidiaster perrieri''
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Ophidiaster reyssi''
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Ophidiaster rhabdotus''
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Ophidiaster tuberifer''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3467527
Ophidiasteridae
Asteroidea genera