title: Patiria
text: # Patiria
  
  Patiria is a genus of starfish in the family Asterinidae from the Pacific Ocean.
  
  ## Species
  
  Patiria contains the following species:
  
  | 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 |
  