Solastern.
/səˈlastə/ Zoology.
A genus of starfishes, typical of those having more than five rays; a member of this genus, a sun-star.
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1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 110 The Solasters are suns in the system of sea-stars.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 17/1 Those which have the body radiated,..comprising the genera Solaster and Pentaster of De Blainville.
1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea ix. 224 The Solasters, or Sun-stars, have only two rows of suckers in each furrow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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