The Stichasteridae are a small

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

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 ...

(sea stars) in the

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...

Forcipulatida The Forcipulatida are an order (biology), order of sea stars, containing three families and 49 genera. Description Forcipulatids share with the Brisingida, brisingid sea stars distinctive pedicellariae, consisting of a short stalk with three ske ...

. 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. The oldest unambiguous fossils of the family date to the Late Cretaceous. Genera The World Regi ...

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species lists these

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

within the family Stichasteridae: * '' Allostichaster'' Verrill, 1914 * '' Cosmasterias'' Sladden, 1889 * '' Granaster'' Perrier, 1894 * '' Neomorphaster'' Sladden, 1889 * '' Neosmilaster'' Fisher, 1930 * '' Pseudechinaster'' H.E.S. Clark, 1962 * '' Smilasterias'' Sladden, 1889 * '' Stichaster'' Muller & Troschel, 1840 * '' Stichastrella'' Verrill, 1914 * '' Uniophora'' Gray, 1840 Stichastrella rosea.jpg, '' Stichastrella rosea'' 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 ...

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* Forcipulatida Echinoderm families {{Asteroidea-stub