Myxasteridae: Difference between revisions

Myxasteridae
	Pythonaster sp. (probably P. atlantidis).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Eleutherozoa
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Velatida; Perrier, 1885
Family:	Myxasteridae
Genera
	3, see text.

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Myxasteridae is a family of deep-sea velatid sea stars containing nine species in three genera.

genus Asthenactis Fisher, 1906
- Asthenactis australis McKnight, 2006
- Asthenactis fisheri Alton, 1966
- Asthenactis papyraceus Fisher, 1906
genus Heligmaster Mah, 2022
- Heligmaster kanaloa Mah, 2022
- Heligmaster pele Mah, 2022
genus Myxaster Perrier, 1885
- Myxaster medusa (Fisher, 1913)
- Myxaster perrieri Koehler, 1896
- Myxaster sol Perrier, 1885
genus Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
- Pythonaster atlantidis A.H. Clark, 1948
- Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889
- Pythonaster pacificus Downey, 1979

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 ** ''[[Asthenactis fisheri]]'' <small>Alton, 1966</small>
 ** ''[[Asthenactis papyraceus]]'' <small>Fisher, 1906</small>
+* genus ''[[Heligmaster]]'' <small>Mah, 2022</small>
+** ''[[Heligmaster kanaloa]]'' <small>Mah, 2022</small>
+** ''[[Heligmaster pele]]'' <small>Mah, 2022</small>
 * genus ''[[Myxaster]]'' <small>Perrier, 1885</small>
 ** ''[[Myxaster medusa]]'' <small>(Fisher, 1913)</small>
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 ** ''[[Pythonaster murrayi]]'' <small>Sladen, 1889</small>
 ** ''[[Pythonaster pacificus]]'' <small>Downey, 1979</small>
 <gallery style="text-align:center;" mode="packed">
 Image:Asthenactis papyraceus.jpg|''[[Asthenactis papyraceus]]''
+Fichier:Kanaloa-hires.jpg|''[[Heligmaster kanaloa]]''
 Image:Myxaster.jpg|''[[Myxaster]] sp.''
 Image:Pythonaster Hawaii.jpg|''[[Pythonaster]] sp.''