#Asteroidea

• Astérie — An old popular name or rare lexical regionalism used in isolation to name the starfish (a marine invertebrate of the Asteroidea class); the term represents a direct adaptation of the noun from the French language ('astérie') or classical Latin, preserved in old 19th-century natural history translations.
• Asteroidea — A major taxonomic class of marine invertebrates in the phylum Echinodermata, grouping all true species of starfish; they are characterized by a flat central disc body from which multiple radiate arms (typically five) extend symmetrically, covered by a calcareous exoskeleton and equipped with tube feet for locomotion.