Biology:Aquilonastra

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Short description: Genus of starfishes

Aquilonastra
Aquilonastra conandae Réunion.png
Aquilonastra conandae
Scientific classification e
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

see text

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]

  • 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



References

Wikidata ☰ Q3458309 entry