Asteroidea

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Asteroidea (noun; Greek aster, star; eidos, form): A subclass of Somasteroidea of the phylum Echinodermata, containing the stellate sea stars and star fish; characterized by having five-radiate to multi-armed rays, usually not sharply offset from the central disk.