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Anthenea

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Anthenea
Cake sea star ("Anthenea aspera")
Cake sea star (Anthenea aspera)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Oreasteridae
Genus: Anthenea
J.E.Gray, 1840 [1]
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Hosea J.E.Gray, 1866
     (lapsus for Hosia J.E.Gray, 1840)
  • Hosia J.E.Gray, 1840
     (synonym sec. Perrier (1875))

Anthenea is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. Members of this genus are most commonly observed off the coasts of Australia and southeast Asia.

Selected species

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List source :[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c C.L. Mah (2010). "Asteroidea taxon details for Anthenea Gray, 1840". World Asteroidea Database. Retrieved June 29, 2011.