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Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Oreasteridae

Genus: Pentaceraster

(See list of species below)

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12 species (see list below)
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Pentaceraster affinis
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Tabaranza, Don Geoff

Indo-West Pacific

Pentaceraster alveolatus(Perrier, 1875)

Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff
 
Pentaceraster alveolatus
[Cushion sea star]
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Pentaceraster chinensis
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Pentaceraster cumingi
[Panamic cushion sea star]
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Pentaceraster decipiens
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Pentaceraster gracilis
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Pentaceraster magnificus
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Pentaceraster mammillatus
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Pentaceraster multispinus
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Pentaceraster regulus
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Pentaceraster sibogae
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Pentaceraster westermanni
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