Radiasteridae is a family of
echinoderms
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 larv ...
belonging to the order
Paxillosida
The Paxillosida are a large order of sea stars.
Characteristics
Paxillosida adults lack an anus and have no suckers on their tube feet. They do not develop the brachiolaria stage in their early development.Matsubara, M., Komatsu, M., Araki, T ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Betelgeusia''
Blake & Reid, 1998
* ''
Gephyriaster''
* ''
Indiaster''
Raghavendra Rao, 1957
* ''
Radiaster''
Perrier, 1881
References
Paxillosida
Echinoderm families
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