Odd-rayed Star

Stephanasterias albula

Classification

Class: Asteroidea
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae

Stephanasterias albula is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is the only species in its genus, Stephanasterias, which was described by Verrill in 1871. It has a circumboreal distribution and is found in the north west Atlantic Ocean, the north east Pacific Ocean, the Barents Sea and European waters.

Distribution

Odd-rayed Star — (c) Espen Rekdal / Espen Rekdal Photography, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 13

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Espen Rekdal / Espen Rekdal Photography, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionStephanasterias, Wikipedia contributors

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