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Echinaster

Echinaster is a well-studied and common genus of starfish containing ~30 species and is the second-largest genus found within the family Echinasteridae. The genera Henricia and Echinaster encompass 90% of all the species found within the family Echinasteridae. It contains 30 species, however the number of species in this genus is still debatable because…

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Echinaster

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Edges64
Triples123
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
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Echinaster

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related to Species · 46
Echinaster → Albertson, AntarcticaEchinaster, Australia, AustraliaEchinaster, AustraliaSub-genus Echinaster, Benham, CaliforniaEchinaster, Campbell, Caribbean, CaribbeanEchinaster, Clark, Costa Rica, Fisher, From, Gray, Gulf, Indian, Indo-PacificEchinaster, Lamarck, Leipoldt
related to Locomotion · 12
Echinaster → After, Another, As, Echinaster's, Finally, Furthermore, It, Starfish, Studies, This, Water, When
related to Arm regeneration · 11
Echinaster → Altogether, At, Circular, Directly, Echinodermata, Morula, Papullae, Stem, The, Twenty-four, When
related to Life cycle · 11
Echinaster → Cilia, Echinaster's, Fourteen, However, Most, Sea, Shortly, Six, The, Their, Twenty
related to Research · 9
Echinaster → Another, As, Leishmania, One, Several, The, There, This, With
related to Anatomy · 8
Echinaster → At, Each, In, The, These, They, Tiedmann's, Tube
related to Habitat · 8
Echinaster → Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Evidence, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Seas, Most, Pacific Ocean, Sea
related to Diet · 5
Echinaster → One, Studies, They, This, When Echinaster
related to Lifespan · 3
Echinaster → Furthermore, Habitat, Sea
is a · 1
Echinaster → well-studied and common genus of starfish containing

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Echinasteris awell-studied and common genus of starfish containing0.90text
salinityinstance ofbut the lifespans of Echinaster can be variable and affected by environmental factors0.80text
temperature of waterinstance ofbut the lifespans of Echinaster can be variable and affected by environmental factors0.80text
light availabilityinstance ofbut the lifespans of Echinaster can be variable and affected by environmental factors0.80text
and pollutioninstance ofbut the lifespans of Echinaster can be variable and affected by environmental factors0.80text
locomotioninstance ofTube feet are involved in processes0.80text
adhesioninstance ofTube feet are involved in processes0.80text
food collectinginstance ofTube feet are involved in processes0.80text
excretioninstance ofTube feet are involved in processes0.80text
leishmaniasisinstance ofwhich is known to cause diseases0.80text
Echinasterrelated to AnatomyThey0.60section
Echinasterrelated to AnatomyThese0.60section

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