echinoderm family

Definitions of echinoderm family
  1. noun
    a family of echinoderms
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    types:
    Antedonidae, family Antedonidae
    feather stars
    Holothuridae, family Holothuridae
    a family of Holothuroidea
    Comatulidae, family Comatulidae
    former usage synonymous with Antedonidae
    type of:
    family
    (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
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