Aquilonastra
Appearance
Aquilonastra | |
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Aquilonastra conandae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
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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]
- Aquilonastra anomala (H.L. Clark, 1921)
- Aquilonastra batheri (Goto, 1914)
- Aquilonastra burtoni (Gray, 1840)
- Aquilonastra byrneae O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
- Aquilonastra chantalae O'Loughlin & MacKenzie, 2013
- Aquilonastra colemani O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra conandae O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra corallicola (Marsh, 1977)
- Aquilonastra coronata (von Martens, 1866)
- Aquilonastra doranae O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra halseyae O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra heteractis (H.L. Clark, 1938)
- Aquilonastra iranica (Mortensen, 1940)
- Aquilonastra limboonkengi (Smith, 1927)
- Aquilonastra marshae O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra minor (Hayashi, 1974)
- Aquilonastra moosleitneri O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra oharai O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra richmondi O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra rosea (H.L. Clark, 1938)
- Aquilonastra rowleyi O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra samyni O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra scobinata (Livingstone, 1933)
- Aquilonastra shirleyae O'Loughlin, 2009
- Aquilonastra watersi O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
- Aquilonastra yairi O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
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Aquilonastra cepheus from Red Sea (MNHN)
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Aquilonastra conandae in Réunion island.
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Aquilonastra marshae de Mer Rouge (MNHN)
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Probable Aquilonastra moosleitneri in Réunion island.
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Probable Aquilonastra richmondi in Réunion island.
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Probable Aquilonastra samyni in Réunion island.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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..