Metrodira

Metrodira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Spinulosida
Family: Echinasteridae
Genus: Metrodira
Gray, 1840[1]
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Fromia (Metrodira) Perrier, 1878
  • Scaphaster de Loriol, 1899

Metrodira is a genus of starfish in the family Echinasteridae.

Species

The following species are recognised by the World Register of Marine Species: [1]

  • Metrodira dubia
  • Metrodira gracilenta Lovén
  • Metrodira subtilis (Lutken, 1871)
  • Metrodira subulata Gray, 1840

References

  1. ^ a b c Mah, C. (2013). Mah CL (ed.). "Metrodira Gray, 1840". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-07-22.


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