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Family: Schizasteridae (See list of species below)

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

Abatus agassizii []	Abatus cavernosus []	No picture found Abatus cordatus []
Abatus curvidens []	No picture found Abatus elongatus []	No picture found Abatus ingens []
No picture found Abatus philippii []	No picture found Abatus shackletoni []	No picture found Agassizia excentrica []
No picture found Agassizia scrobiculata []	No picture found Brisaster antarcticus []	No picture found Brisaster fragilis []
No picture found Brisaster kerguelensis []	No picture found Brisaster latifrons [Northern heart urchin]	No picture found Brisaster moseleyi []
No picture found Faorina chinensis []	Moira atropos []	No picture found Ova canaliferus []
No picture found Proraster affinis []	No picture found Prymnaster rostratus []	No picture found Schizaster compactus []
No picture found Schizaster doederleini []	No picture found Schizaster floridiensis []	Schizaster lacunosus [Lacunal sea potato]
No picture found Schizaster orbignyanus []	No picture found Schizaster rotundatus []	No picture found Tripylaster philippii []

27 Species of Family Schizasteridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Abatus agassizii		Antarctic Atlantic
Abatus cavernosus		Southwest Atlantic and An
Abatus cordatus		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Abatus curvidens		Southeast Atlantic and An
Abatus elongatus		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa
Abatus ingens		Antarctic Indian Ocean an
Abatus philippii		Antarctic Indian Ocean an
Abatus shackletoni		Antarctic.
Agassizia excentrica		Western Central Atlantic.
Agassizia scrobiculata		Eastern Pacific and Weste
Brisaster antarcticus		Antarctic.
Brisaster fragilis		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Brisaster kerguelensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Brisaster latifrons	Northern heart urchin	Eastern Pacific
Brisaster moseleyi		Southeast Pacific and Sou	7.5 TL
Faorina chinensis		Western Pacific
Moira atropos		Western Central Atlantic
Ova canaliferus		Mediterranean Sea.
Proraster affinis		Western Central Pacific
Prymnaster rostratus		Northwest Pacific
Schizaster compactus		Northwest Pacific
Schizaster doederleini		Western Central Atlantic
Schizaster floridiensis		Western Central Atlantic
Schizaster lacunosus	Lacunal sea potato	Indo-West Pacific
Schizaster orbignyanus		Western Atlantic
Schizaster rotundatus		Southeast Pacific
Tripylaster philippii		Southeast Pacific, Southw

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