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Family: Gorgonocephalidae (See list of species below)

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28 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Asteroporpa annulata []	No picture found Asteroporpa australiensis []	No picture found Asteroporpa hadracantha []
No picture found Astrcladus tonganus []	No picture found Astroboa granulatus []	No picture found Astroboa nuda [Naked basket star]
No picture found Astrocaneum spinosum []	Astrochlamys bruneus []	No picture found Astrochlamys sol []
No picture found Astrocladus dofleini []	No picture found Astrocladus exiguus []	No picture found Astrocladus tonganus []
No picture found Astroclon propugnatoris []	No picture found Astrocnida isidis []	No picture found Astroglymna sculptum []
Astrohamma tuberculatum []	No picture found Astrophyton muricatum [Giant basket star]	No picture found Astrospartus mediterraneus []
No picture found Astrothorax waitei [Waite's snake-star]	No picture found Astrothrombus rugosus []	Astrotoma agassizii [White brooding brittle star]
No picture found Astrotoma drachi []	No picture found Astrotoma manilense []	Gorgonocephalus arcticus [Northern basket star]
No picture found Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae []	Gorgonocephalus chilensis [Chilean basket star]	No picture found Gorgonocephalus dolichodactylus []
No picture found Gorgonocephalus eucnemis [Common basket star]

28 Species of Family Gorgonocephalidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Asteroporpa annulata		Western Atlantic
Asteroporpa australiensis		Southwest Pacific
Asteroporpa hadracantha		Northwest Pacific
Astrcladus tonganus		Northwest Pacific
Astroboa granulatus		Western Central Pacific
Astroboa nuda	Naked basket star	Indo-West Pacific
Astrocaneum spinosum		Eastern Pacific
Astrochlamys bruneus		Southern Ocean.
Astrochlamys sol		Southern Ocean.
Astrocladus dofleini		Western Central Pacific
Astrocladus exiguus		Western Central Pacific
Astrocladus tonganus		Western Pacific.
Astroclon propugnatoris		Western Central Pacific
Astrocnida isidis		Western Atlantic
Astroglymna sculptum		Northwest Pacific
Astrohamma tuberculatum		Southern Ocean.
Astrophyton muricatum	Giant basket star	Western Atlantic	7 WD
Astrospartus mediterraneus		Cosmopolitan.
Astrothorax waitei	Waite's snake-star	Indo-West Pacific.
Astrothrombus rugosus		Southwest Pacific
Astrotoma agassizii	White brooding brittle star	Southeast Pacific, Southw
Astrotoma drachi		Western Central Pacific
Astrotoma manilense		Western Central Pacific
Gorgonocephalus arcticus	Northern basket star	Atlantic Ocean and the Ar
Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae		Northeast Atlantic
Gorgonocephalus chilensis	Chilean basket star	Southern Ocean. Temperat
Gorgonocephalus dolichodactylus		Northwest Pacific
Gorgonocephalus eucnemis	Common basket star	Arctic and Eastern Pacifi	76 WD

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