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Brazilian red sea star

Echinaster brasiliensis

Classification

Echinaster is a well-studied and common genus of starfish containing ~30 species and is the second-largest genus found within the family Echinasteridae. The genera Henricia and Echinaster encompass 90% of all the species found within the family Echinasteridae. It contains 30 species, however the number of species in this genus is still debatable because of uncertainty within the genera.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 85Argentina · 1