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Asteroidea

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Asteroidea [‚as·tə′rȯid·ē·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
The starfishes, a subclass of echinoderms in the subphylum Asterozoa characterized by five radial arms.


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The Echinodermata are represented by a number of groups: Crinoidea, represented by articulated calyxes and disarticulated columnals and brachials; Blastoidea, represented by columnals and calyxes, especially those of Pentremites conoideus; Echinoidea, represented by disarticulated interambulacral plates as well as several largely intact specimens; and Asteroidea, represented by one nearly complete specimen, as well as disarticulated dorsal plates from the same species.
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