Subphylum
Asterozoa (Sea stars and brittle stars)
Dermasterias imbricata. Photo: (c) dendrobatidae, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
- Subphylum: Asterozoa (Sea stars and brittle stars)
- Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
