Ceramaster is a genus of cushion stars in the family Goniasteridae. The species in this genus have no arms. They live in deeper waters than most sea stars.
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| Ceramaster granularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Goniasteridae |
| Genus: | Ceramaster Verrill, 1899[1] |
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Species list edit
Species in this genus include:
- Ceramaster arcticus (Verrill, 1909) - Arctic cookie star
- Ceramaster australis H.E.S. Clark, 2001
- Ceramaster bowersi (Fisher, 1906)
- Ceramaster clarki Fisher, 1910
- Ceramaster cuenoti (Koehler, 1909)
- Ceramaster glasbyi McKnight, 1993
- Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783)
- Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881)
- Ceramaster japonicus (Sladen, 1889)
- Ceramaster lennoxkingi McKnight, 1973
- Ceramaster leptoceramus (Fisher, 1905)
- Ceramaster misakiensis (Goto, 1914)
- Ceramaster mortenseni (Koehler, 1909)
- Ceramaster patagonicus (Sladen, 1889) - Cookie star
- Ceramaster smithi Fisher, 1913
- Ceramaster stellatus Djakonov, 1950
- Ceramaster trispinosus H.L. Clark, 1923
Note: Ceramaster placenta Fisher, 1911 is now accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)[2]
References edit
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ceramaster Verrill, 1899". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ceramaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
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