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Species List for Genus: Solaster
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Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Solasteridae (Family) > Solaster (Genus)
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  • Genus: Solaster

  • Solaster notophrynus Downey, 1971
    Marine, 7 arms
    Macquarie Island, 330-450 metres. Also from Tasmania, Prince Edward and Marion Islands and the northwestern Atlantic, 335-1300 metres
    An
  • Solaster torulatus Sladen, 1889
    Marine, Endemic
    From Kermadec Islands to Campbell Plateau, 308-1540 metres
    KACFAnE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil