'''Asteroidea,''', fortasse vulgo '''stellae marinae,''',<ref>{{Fontesfontes desiderati}}.</ref> sunt [[animalia]] [[subphylum|subphyli]] [[Asterozoa|Asterozoorum]] [[phylum|phyli]] [[Echinodermata|Echindermatorum]].<ref>Rich Mooi, [http://research.calacademy.org/research/izg/echinoderm/classify.htm "Classification of the Extant Echinodermata."] California Academy of Sciences.</ref> Sunt circa 1800 [[species (taxinomia)|species]] [[vita|vivae]], quae in omnibus orbis terrarum [[oceanus|oceanis]] inveniuntur, inter quos oceani [[Oceanus Atlanticus|Atlanticus]], [[Oceanus Pacificus|Pacificus]], [[Oceanus Indicus|Indicus]], et regiones oceanorum [[Oceanus Arcticus|Arctici]] et [[Oceanus Australis|Australis]] (h.e., ante [[Antarctica]]m). Asteroidea fiunt trans latam profunditatis varietatem, a zona inter [[aestus]]<!--tidal zone--> ad [[zona abyssalis|zonam abyssalem]]{{dubsig}} (plus 6000 m).
