See text Apollonaster is a genus of abyssal sea stars in the family Goniasteridae.

They can be identified by their bare abactinal plate surfaces and multiple accessory granule rows on their abactinal plates.

[2] To date, Apollonaster has been found in the tropical Atlantic region (A. yucatanensis) and Hawaiian Islands region (A. kelleyi) oceans, with no other locations or species being known as of 2015.

[2] According to World Register of Marine Species:[1] This species was named in 1970 as a tribute to the Apollo mission.

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