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 <small>Fisher, 1906</small>
- Asthenactis australis <small>McKnight, 2006</small>
- Asthenactis fisheri <small>Alton, 1966</small>
- Asthenactis papyraceus <small>Fisher, 1906</small>
- genus Heligmaster <small>Mah, 2022</small>
- Heligmaster kanaloa <small>Mah, 2022</small>
- Heligmaster pele <small>Mah, 2022</small>
- genus Myxaster <small>Perrier, 1885</small>
- Myxaster medusa <small>(Fisher, 1913)</small>
- Myxaster perrieri <small>Koehler, 1896</small>
- Myxaster sol <small>Perrier, 1885</small>
- genus Pythonaster <small>Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885</small>
- Pythonaster atlantidis <small>A.H. Clark, 1948</small>
- Pythonaster murrayi <small>Sladen, 1889</small>
- Pythonaster pacificus <small>Downey, 1979</small>
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