Patiria is a genus of starfish in the family Asterinidae from the Pacific Ocean, which are commonly known as bat stars.
Species Patiria contains the following species:
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Patiria chilensis (Lutken, 1859) Chilean bat star southeast Pacific Patiria miniata (Brandt, 1835) sea bat, webbed star, and broad-disk star northeast Pacific Patiria pectinifera (Muller & Troschel, 1842) blue bat star northwest Pacific
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