Asterinides Verrill, 1913
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Genus Asterinides Verrill, 1913 View in CoL View at ENA
Type species. Asterinides folium ( Lütken, 1860) View in CoL (type by original designation).
Remarks. Asterinides includes four valid species, all of them originally described in different genera: A. folium , A. hartmeyeri ( Döderlein, 1910) , A. pilosa ( Perrier, 1881) and A. pompom ( Clark, 1983) . All of these species occur in the Western Atlantic Ocean, especially in the Caribbean Sea, and A. folium is the only one found in the southern hemisphere.
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