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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Starfish, Crown-of-thorns starfish, Ochre Sea Star, Henricia leviuscula, Brisingida, Sunflower starfish, Protoreaster nodosus, Pisaster brevispinus, Northern Pacific seastar, Linckia laevigata, Bat star, Leptasterias pusilla, Goniasteridae, Red-knobbed starfish, Choriaster granulatus, Sea daisy, Heliaster solaris, Patiriella calcar, Fragile Rainbow Star, Valvatida, Oreaster reticulatus, Asteriidae, Patiriella mortenseni, Astropecten aranciacus, Common starfish, Paxillosida, Luidia sarsi, Spinulosida, Ophidiasteridae, Asterinidae, Leptasterias aequalis, Asteriacites, Patiriella regularis, Notomyotida, Giant sea star, Culcita, Forcipulatida, Velatida, Astropecten polyacanthus, Astropectinidae, Mediaster aequalis, Asterina phylactica, Coscinasterias calamaria, Linckia guildingi, Metopaster, Echinasteridae, Stauranderaster, Patiriella gunnii, Pentasteria, Stegnaster inflatus, Ceramaster, Tropidaster, Culcita schmideliana, Culcita novaeguineae, Patiriella brevispina, Stegnaster wesseli, Patiriella parvivipara, Pseudarchaster myobrachius, Parvulastra exigua, Ceramaster patagonicus, Platanaster, Japanese sea star, Hacelia attenuata, Solaster paxillatus, Nidorellia armata, Rose sea star, Palastericus, Pycnopodia, Thrissacanthias. Excerpt: Starfish or sea stars are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "starfish" and "sea star" essentially refer to members of the class Asteroidea. However, common usage frequently finds "starfish" and "sea star" also applied to ophiuroids which are correctly referred to as "brittle stars" or "basket stars." There are about 1,800 living species of starfish that occur in all the world's oceans, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian as well as in the Arctic and the Southern Ocean (i.e., Antarctic) regions. Starfish occur across a broad depth range from the intertidal to abys...