Nectriaster | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Order: | Valvatida |
Family: | Oreasteridae |
Genus: |
Nectriaster H.L.Clark, 1946 [1] |
Species: | N. monacanthus
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Binomial name | |
Nectriaster monacanthus
H.L.CLark, 1916
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Nectriaster monacanthus is a species of sea star in the family Oreasteridae. It is the sole species in the genus Nectriaster. [1] It was first described by Hubert Lyman Clark in 1916 as Mediaster monacanthus. [1] [2]