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 Genera Species 
PORCELLANASTERIDE Ctenodiscus C. corniculatus 
Astropecten A. articularis 
Psilaster P. flore 
ASTROPECTINIDE L. senegalensis 
Inidia L. clathrata 
L. alternata 
PENTAGONASTERIDE Mediaster M. ceequatlis 
ANTHENEIDE Hippasteria H. phrygiana 
( Pentaceros } P. occidentalis 
PENTACEROTIDE P. reticularis 
" Nidoretla N. armata 
ASTERINIDE Asterina ; A. folium 
A, miniata 
Order CRYPTOZONIA 
(Ossicles crowded ; pedicellarice stalked) 
Solaster S. endeca 
SOLASTERIDE S. decemradiata 
Crossaster C. papposus 
ECHINASTERIDE ; oe C. sanguinolenta 
Echinaster E. sentus 
ae Heliaster H. multiradiata 
A. vulgaris 
ASTERIIDE Asterias A. Forbesii 
A. ochracea 
A. gigantea 
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