Aquilonastra

Aquilonastra
Aquilonastra conandae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Asterinidae
Genus: Aquilonastra
O'Loughlin, 2004[1]
Type species
Asteriscus cepheus Müller and Troschel, 1842.
Species

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Aquilonastra is a genus of small sea stars within the family Asterinidae. It has over 20 described species.

Description

Aquilonastra conandae.

Aquilonastra has generally five rays, except fissiparous species which have five to eight ones. It looks like a star, as inter-radial margins are deeply incurved.[1]

List of species

According to World Register of Marine Species and O'Loughlin & Rowe 2006:[2]



References

  1. ^ a b O’Loughlin, P.M.; Waters, J.M. (2004). "A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 61 (1): 1–40. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1. ISSN 1447-2554. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-21.
  2. ^ O'Loughlin, P. Mark; Rowe, Francis W. E. (2006). "A systematic revision of the asterinid genus Aquilonastra OʼLoughlin, 2004 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63 (2): 257–287. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2006.63.18. ISSN 1447-2554. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2008..


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