- Source: Myxasteridae
Myxasteridae is a family of deep-sea velatid sea stars containing nine species in three genera.
Taxonomy
List of families according to World Register of Marine Species:
genus Asthenactis Fisher, 1906
Asthenactis australis McKnight, 2006
Asthenactis fisheri Alton, 1966
Asthenactis papyraceus Fisher, 1906
genus Heligmaster Mah, 2022
Heligmaster kanaloa Mah, 2022
Heligmaster pele Mah, 2022
genus Myxaster Perrier, 1885
Myxaster medusa (Fisher, 1913)
Myxaster perrieri Koehler, 1896
Myxaster sol Perrier, 1885
genus Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
Pythonaster atlantidis A.H. Clark, 1948
Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889
Pythonaster pacificus Downey, 1979