Forcipulatida

Forcipulatida
Asterias rubens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Superorder:	Forcipulatacea
Order:	Forcipulatida
Families
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The Forcipulatida are an order of sea stars, containing three families and 49 genera.

Forcipulatids share with the brisingid sea stars distinctive pedicellariae, consisting of a short stalk with three skeletal ossicles. Unlike that group, however, the forcipulatids tend to have more robust bodies. The order includes some well-known species, such as the common starfish, Asterias rubens.

The order is divided into three families:

World Register of Marine Species gives another taxonomy:

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