Caymanostellidae
{{Short description|Family of starfishes}}
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| authority = Belyaev, 1974
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Caymanostellidae is a family of sea stars containing six species in two families. These asteroids normally have thick bodies with large discs.{{cite web |url=http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Fossilgroups/asteroz2/index_f/mod_fm.html |title=Asterozoa: Fossil groups: SciComms 05-06: Earth Sciences |publisher=Palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk |date=2005-11-22 |accessdate=2010-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714073619/http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Fossilgroups/asteroz2/index_f/mod_fm.html |archive-date=2007-07-14 |url-status=dead }}
Taxonomy
List of families according to World Register of Marine Species:{{cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177886 |title=The World Asteroidea Database - Caymanostellidae |publisher=Marinespecies.org |date= |accessdate=2014-02-28}}
- Belyaevostella Rowe, 1989
- Belyaevostella hispida (Aziz & Jangoux, 1984)
- Belyaevostella hyugaensis Fujita, Stampanato & Jangoux, 1994
- Caymanostella Belyaev, 1974
- Caymanostella admiranda Belyaev & Litvinova, 1977
- Caymanostella madagascariensis Belyaev & Litvinova, 1991
- Caymanostella phorcynis Rowe, 1989
- Caymanostella spinimarginata Belyaev, 1974
- Caymanostella loresae Shen et al, 2024
References
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