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Acodontaster

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Odontasteridae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Asteroidea

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Order
  
Valvatida

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Acodontaster is a genus of starfish in the family Odontasteridae. Members of the genus are found in the Southern Ocean, in the waters off Antarctica and the island groups nearby. Acodontaster elongatus is additionally found further north in the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern seaboard of South America.

Species

The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species:

  • Acodontaster capitatus (Koehler, 1912)
  • Acodontaster conspicuus (Koehler, 1920)
  • Acodontaster elongatus (Sladen, 1889)
  • Acodontaster hodgsoni (Bell, 1908)
  • Acodontaster marginatus (Koehler, 1912)
  • References

    Acodontaster Wikipedia