Valvatida

Valvatida
Two Valvatida : a Solaster dawsoni attacking a Hippasteria phrygiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Superorder: Valvatacea
Order: Valvatida
Perrier, 1884
Families
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The Valvatida are an order of starfish in the class Asteroidea, which contains 695 species in 172 genera in 17 families.[1]

  1. ^ Mah, Christopher (2013). "Valvatida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-01-20.

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