Asteriidæ (asteriide)

pl. [NL., the order Asteroidea, the starfishes, cla Asteroidea or Stelle rid a, represented by such genera as As terias or Astropecten and Luidia, having four rows of pedicellate feet in each ray. Also Asterid a, and, le correctly, Asteriada. Aster in a (as-te-ri' IMG:content-1287.png:[blocks in formation] Cro -section of ray of Asterias aurantiacus. a, a, ambulacral or vertebral o icles; b, adambulacral; c, c, marginal o icles; d, paxillæ upon ant am bulacral surface.