Forcipulatida
Forcipulatida (starfish; class Stelleroidea, subclass Asteroidea) An order of starfish characterized by the nature of the skeletal framework that surrounds the mouth, the mouth angle plates originating as modified ambulacral ossicles. In addition, the pedicellariae are furcipulate.
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