Biology:Cryptasterina
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Short description: Genus of star fish
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| Cryptasterina sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Cryptasterina Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003[1] |
Cryptasterina is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Asterinidae.[2] They occur in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans[3][4] in the littoral and shallow sublittoral zone.[3]
Description
Cryptasterina are small sea stars, with the radius between 12 and 17 mm (0.47 and 0.67 in).[3] The genus shows both viviparity and oviparity. The latter is the ancestral mode of reproduction.[1]
Species
There are three species:[2]
- (Muller & Troschel, 1840) Dartnall & Byrne, 2003 in Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003[1]
- Cryptasterina pacifica Cryptasterina hystera
- (Hayashi, 1977) Cryptasterina pentagona
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dartnall, Alan J.; Byrne, Maria; Collins, John; Hart, Michael W. (2003). "A new viviparous species of asterinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Asterinidae) and a new genus to accommodate the species of pantropical exiguoid sea stars". Zootaxa 359: 1–14. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.359.1.1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cryptasterina Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382565.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 O’Loughlin, P. Mark; Waters, Jonathan M. (2004). "A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)". Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1): 1–40. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1.
- ↑ "Cryptasterina Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2272305.
Wikidata ☰ Q3462885 entry
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