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    The Forcipulatida are an order of sea stars, containing three families and 49 genera. Forcipulatids share with the brisingid sea stars distinctive pedicellariae...
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    Several groups of starfish, including Valvatida and Forcipulatida, possess pedicellariae. In Forcipulatida, such as Asterias and Pisaster, they occur in pompom-like...
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    of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It is one of three families in the order Forcipulatida. The World Register of Marine Species lists...
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    Concentricycloidea Peripodida Superorder Forcipulatacea Brisingida Forcipulatida Superorder Spinulosacea Spinulosida Superorder Valvatacea Notomyotida...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Pycnopodia Stimpson, 1862 Species: P. helianthoides...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Asterias Species: A. rubens Binomial name...
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    accept his new species. Asterias, like most starfish genera in the order Forcipulatida, are recognisable externally by their pedicellariae, many thousands...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Pisaster Species: P. ochraceus Binomial name...
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    Heliaster kubiniji is a species of starfish in the order Forcipulatida. It is commonly known as the gulf sun star, the common sun star or estrella de...
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    Stichasteridae (category Forcipulatida)
    Stichasteridae are a small family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. Genera were formerly unassigned, or in the family Asteriidae. The World...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Heliasteridae Genus: Heliaster Species: H. cumingi Binomial...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Heliasteridae Genus: Labidiaster Species: L. annulatus Binomial...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Pisaster Species: P. giganteus Binomial name...
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    The Heliasteridae are a family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It includes two genera: Heliaster from the East Pacific (California...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Pisaster Species: P. brevispinus Binomial...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Pisaster Müller and Troschel, 1840...
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  • Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Stichasteridae Genus: Stichaster Species: S. australis Binomial...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Rathbunaster Fisher, 1906 Species: R. californicus...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Asterias Species: A. amurensis Binomial name...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Asterias Species: A. forbesi Binomial name...
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    There are 75 species of echinoderm (phylum Echinodermata) recorded in Ireland. Asterias rubens (common sea star) Leptasterias muelleri (northern sea star)...
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  • Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Asterias Species: A. microdiscus Binomial...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Stichasteridae Genus: Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 Synonyms...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Coscinasterias Species: C. calamaria Binomial...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Stichasteridae Genus: Neomorphaster Sladen, 1889...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Anasterias Perrier, 1875 Species See text...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Heliasteridae Genus: Heliaster Species: H. helianthus Binomial...
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    Leptasterias is a genus of starfish in the family Asteriidae and order Forcipulatida. It is often noted that members in the genus have six arms, however...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: Marthasterias Jullien, 1878...
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