Spinulosida
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The Spinulosida are an order of sea stars containing at least 120 species in seven genera and one family.
Spinulosids completely lack pedicellariae and have a delicate skeletal arrangement. Their name comes from the presence of numerous low spines on the aboral (upper) surface.[1] No fossil spinulosids have yet been found.[2]
Taxonomy
The following family is recognised by the World Register of Marine Species:[3]
- Echinasteridae Verrill, 1870
References
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