Neoferdina

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Kingdom Animalia Family Goniasteridae Rank Genus		Class Asteroidea Phylum Echinodermata Order Valvatida

Similar Leiaster, Goniasteridae, Calliaster, Valvatida, Fromia indica

Neoferdina is a genus of starfish in the family Goniasteridae. Members of the genus are found in the Indo-Pacific region, mostly between the Andaman Isles to the West and the Wake Isles, the Marshall Isles and Fiji to the east. The discovery of several species in the Seychelles widened the range considerably.

Species

The following species are included in the genus according to the World Register of Marine Species:

Neoferdina cumingi (Gray, 1840) - New Caledonia

Neoferdina glyptodisca (Fisher, 1913) - Philippine Islands

Neoferdina insolita Livingstone, 1936 - Indonesia

Neoferdina japonica Oguro & Misaki, 1986 - Japan

Neoferdina kuhli (Müller & Troschel, 1842) - Tanzania and Java

Neoferdina longibrachia Kogure & Fujita, 2012 - Ryukyu Islands

Neoferdina offreti (Koehler, 1910) - Aldabra, Palau Islands and Seychelles

References

Neoferdina Wikipedia

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