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Plutonaster

Plutonaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Astropectinidae.

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Plutonaster
Plutonaster sp
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Paxillosida
Family: Astropectinidae
Genus: Plutonaster
Sladen, 1889

Plutonaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Astropectinidae.1

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.1

Species:1

  • Plutonaster agassizi (Verrill, 1880)
  • Plutonaster ambiguus Sladen, 1889
  • Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873)
  • Plutonaster complexus H.E.S Clark & D.G.McKnight, 2000
  • Plutonaster edwardsi (Perrier, 1882)
  • Plutonaster efflorescens (Perrier, 1884)
  • Plutonaster fragilis H.E.S.Clark, 1970
  • Plutonaster hikurangi H.E.S Clark & D.G.McKnight, 2000
  • Plutonaster intermedius (Perrier, 1881)
  • Plutonaster jonathani H.E.S Clark & D.G.McKnight, 2000
  • Plutonaster keiensis Döderlein, 1921
  • Plutonaster knoxi Fell, 1958
  • Plutonaster sirius A.H.Clark, 1917
References

References

  1. "Plutonaster Sladen, 1889". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 3 October 2021.