Biology:Coscinasterias

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Short description: Genus of starfishes


Coscinasterias
Coscinasterias tenuispina Linosa 207.jpg
Coscinasterias tenuispina
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae
Genus: Coscinasterias
Verrill, 1867
Type species
Coscinasterias muricata
Verrill, 1867
Species

4, see text.

Coscinasterias is a genus of sea stars of the family Asteriidae.[1]

Species

There are four recognized species:[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Coscinasterias acutispina yatudehitode01.JPG Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862) Japan
Eleven-Armed Sea Star.jpg Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) – Eleven-arm sea star southern Australia and New Zealand
Coscinasterias muricata 61627905.jpg Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 – Splitting star Indo-Pacific
Coscinasterias tenuispina, Tenerife.jpg Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck 1816) – Blue spiny starfish Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea

The following are synonyms of other species:

  • Coscinasterias brucei (Koehler, 1908): Synonym of Diplasterias brucei (Koehler, 1907)
  • Coscinasterias dubia H.L. Clark, 1909: Synonym of Sclerasterias dubia (H.L. Clark, 1909)
  • Coscinasterias euplecta Fisher, 1906: Synonym of Sclerasterias euplecta (Fisher, 1906)
  • Coscinasterias gemmifera (Perrier, 1869): Synonym of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867
  • Coscinasterias jehennesi (Perrier, 1875): Synonym of Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840)
  • Coscinasterias victoriae Koehler, 1911: Synonym of Diplasterias brucei (Koehler, 1907)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3269410 entry