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Astropectinidae
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species.
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(
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(by subsequent designation by
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).
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With more than 105 species described,
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is one of the most diverse sea star genera (
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). Of these species, 25 occur in the Atlantic Ocean and eight occur in
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:
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<emphasis id="45B4EAEAFFABFFD2FBB6406279E7F865" box="[1141,1429,1910,1936]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Astropecten acutiradiatus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="45B4EAEAFFABFFD2FF54408E7D6AF841" box="[151,280,1946,1972]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. alligator</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="45B4EAEAFFABFFD2FE78408E7E3EF841" box="[443,588,1946,1972]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. antillensis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="45B4EAEAFFABFFD2FD9A408E7E83F841" box="[601,753,1946,1972]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. articulatus</emphasis>
(
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,
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,
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,
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<emphasis id="45B4EAEAFFABFFD2FA9B408E7C82F82D" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. duplicatus</emphasis>
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and
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. In the molecular phylogeny of the genus
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proposed by
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, the West Atlantic species form a clade with the East Pacific species, most likely separated by the Isthmus of
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as suggested by
<bibRefCitation id="13514B09FFAAFFD3FDED47AF7E83FF20" author="Tortonese, E." box="[558,753,186,213]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="319 - 334" refId="ref63630" refString="Tortonese, E. (1956) Su alcune specie di Astropectinidae, con descrizone di una nuovo Astropecten (Asteroidea). Annali Museo Storia Naturale Genova, 68, 319 - 334." type="journal article" year="1956">Tortonese (1956)</bibRefCitation>
. Sister to this clade is a clade composed of East Atlantic and Mediterranean species.
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Diet of this genus is generally composed of bivalves, gastropods and small crustaceans (
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Ribi
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. 1977
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). Species of the genus
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are used for medicinal purposes in the northeastern
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, where the tea of the whole specimen is drunk to treat asthma and cough, to prevent abortion and to reduce menstrual bleeding (Alves &amp; Rosa 2006).
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