TABLE SHOWING THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE STARFISHES 

 DESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER. 



Class 

 ASTEROIDEA 



(Starfishes) 



Order PHANEROZONIA 



(Ossicles not crowded ; large marginal ossicles ; spines only on dorsal surface ; 

 pedicellarice sessile) 



Families 



PORCELLANASTERIB.K 



ASTROPECTINIDJE 



PENTAGONASTERID.K 

 ANTHENEIDJE 



PENTACEROTIDJE 



ASTERINID.E 



SOLASTERIDJE 



ECHINASTERIDJE 

 HELIASTERIDJE 



ASTERIID.E 



Genera 



Ctenodiscus 



IAstropecten 

 Psilaster 

 I 

 Luidia 

 I 



Mediaster. 

 Hippasteria 



{ Pentaceros 



\ 



( Nidorella 



\ Asterina 



Order CBYPTOZONIA 



(Ossicles crowded ; pedicellarice stalked) 



\Solaster 



Crossaster 

 Cribrella 

 Echinaster 

 Heliaster 



^ 



Asterias 



k 



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Species 



C. corniculatus 

 A. articularis 

 P. florae 

 L. senegalensis 

 i L. clathrata 

 L. alternata, 

 M. cequalis 

 H. phryqiana 

 P. occidentalis 

 P. reticularis 

 N. armata 

 A. folium 

 A. miniata 



( S. endeca 



t S. decemradiata 



C. papposus 



C. sanguinolenta 



E. sentus 



H. mulfiradiata 



{A. vulgaris 

 A. Fovbesii 

 A. ochracea 

 A. gigantea 



