Echinasterid Sea Stars - Family: Echinasteridae
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Echinaster colemani
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Luzon Sea Star - Echinaster luzonicus
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Echinaster stereosomus
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Henricia compacta
Mosaic Sea Star - Plectaster decanus
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
> Subphylum: Asterozoa (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars)
> Class: Asteroidea (Sea Stars)
> Superorder: Spinulosacea (Spinulosacean Sea Stars)
> Order: Spinulosida
> Family: Echinasteridae (Echinasterid Sea Stars)
> Genus: Echinaster
> Species: E. colemani
> Species: E. luzonicus - Luzon Sea Star
> Species: E. stereosomus
> Genus: Henricia (Blood Stars)
> Species: H. compacta
> Genus: Plectaster
> Species: P. decanus - Mosaic Sea Star
^ = possibly
* = likely
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