The Stichasteridae are a small

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Asteroidea Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea (). Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or basket stars. Starfish a ...

(sea stars) in the

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...

Forcipulatida The Forcipulatida are an order of sea stars, containing three families and 49 genera. Description Forcipulatids share with the brisingid sea stars distinctive pedicellariae, consisting of a short stalk with three skeletal ossicles. Unlike tha ...

. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family

Asteriidae The Asteriidae are a diverse family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It is one of three families in the order Forcipulatida. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Asteriidae (in a ...

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species lists these

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...

within the family Stichasteridae: * ''

Allostichaster The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Sticha ...

'' Verrill, 1914 * ''

Cosmasterias The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Sticha ...

'' Sladden, 1889 * ''

Granaster The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Stichas ...

'' Perrier, 1894 * ''

Neomorphaster ''Neomorphaster'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Stichasteridae. The species of this genus are found in Atlantic Ocean. Species: *''Neomorphaster forcipatus'' *''Neomorphaster margaritaceus ''Neomorphaster'' is a genus of ...

'' Sladden, 1889 * ''

Neosmilaster The Stichasteridae are a small family (biology), family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order (biology), order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these ...

'' Fisher, 1930 * ''

Pseudechinaster The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Stichas ...

'' H.E.S. Clark, 1962 * ''

Smilasterias The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Stichas ...

'' Sladden, 1889 * ''

Stichaster The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Stichas ...

'' Muller & Troschel, 1840 * ''

Stichastrella The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Stichas ...

'' Verrill, 1914 Stichastrella rosea.jpg, ''

Stichastrella rosea The Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera Genus ( plural genera ...

'' Reef starfish (Stichaster australis) doing push-ups.jpg, ''

Stichaster australis ''Stichaster australis'', the reef starfish, is a species of starfish found in the shallow waters of the rocky intertidal of New Zealand. Typically, the animal is endemic to the west coast shores of the North and South Islands, where wave action ...

References

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* Forcipulatida Echinoderm families {{Asteroidea-stub