Subphylum

Asterozoa (Sea stars and brittle stars)

Orthasterias koehleri. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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The Asterozoa are a subphylum in the phylum Echinodermata. Characteristics include a star-shaped body and radially divergent axes of symmetry. The subphylum includes the two classes Asteroidea, the starfish, and Ophiuroidea, the brittle stars and basket stars, and the extinct order Somasteroidea.

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Subtaxa

Class: Asteroidea (Sea stars)

Class: Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars)

Where in Humboldt

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