# Psilaster

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{{Short description|Genus of starfishes}}
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| image = Psilaster andromeda - Oslo Zoological Museum - IMG 9090.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Psilaster andromeda](/source/Psilaster_andromeda)''
| taxon = Psilaster
| authority = [Sladen](/source/Percy_Sladen), 1885<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |author=Mah, Christopher |year=2013 |title=''Psilaster'' Sladen, 1885  |id=123255 |accessdate=2014-01-09|db=}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Psilaster''''' is a genus of [sea star](/source/sea_star)s of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Astropectinidae](/source/Astropectinidae).

== Species  ==
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species in the genus: -<ref name=WoRMS/>
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* ''[Psilaster acuminatus](/source/Psilaster_acuminatus)'' <small> Sladen, 1889</small>
* ''[Psilaster agassizi](/source/Psilaster_agassizi)'' <small> (Koehler, 1909)</small>
* ''[Psilaster andromeda](/source/Psilaster_andromeda)'' <small> (Müller & Troschel, 1842)</small>
* ''[Psilaster armatus](/source/Psilaster_armatus)'' <small> Ludwig, 1905</small>
* ''[Psilaster attenuatus](/source/Psilaster_attenuatus)'' <small> Fisher, 1906</small>
* ''[Psilaster cassiope](/source/Psilaster_cassiope)'' <small> Sladen, 1889</small>
* ''[Psilaster charcoti](/source/Psilaster_charcoti)'' <small> (Koehler, 1906)</small>
* ''[Psilaster florae](/source/Psilaster_florae)'' <small> (Verrill, 1878)</small>
* ''[Psilaster gotoi](/source/Psilaster_gotoi)'' <small> Fisher, 1913</small>
* ''[Psilaster herwigi](/source/Psilaster_herwigi)'' <small> (Bernasconi, 1972)</small>
* ''[Psilaster pectinatus](/source/Psilaster_pectinatus)'' <small> (Fisher, 1905)</small>
* ''[Psilaster robustus](/source/Psilaster_robustus)'' <small> Fisher, 1913</small>
* ''[Psilaster sladeni](/source/Psilaster_sladeni)'' <small> Ludwig, 1905</small>
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==References==
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Category:Psilaster
Category:Starfish genera

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