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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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References
edit- ^ a b c C.L. Mah (2010). "Asteroidea taxon details for Nectriaster H.L.Clark, 1946". World Asteroidea Database. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ Clark, H.L. (1916). "Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia". Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments Carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914. 4 (1): 41.
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