Metrodira

Metrodira is a genus of starfish in the family Echinasteridae in the order Spinulosida.

Metrodira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Eleutherozoa
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Spinulosida
Family:
Echinasteridae
Genus:
Metrodira

Gray, 1840[1]
Species
see text
Synonyms[1]
  • Fromia (Metrodira) Perrier, 1878
  • Scaphaster de Loriol, 1899

Species

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

  • Metrodira dubia
  • Metrodira gracilenta LovĂ©n
  • Metrodira subtilis (Lutken, 1871)
  • Metrodira subulata Gray, 1840

References
  1. 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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