Asterina (starfish)
| Asterina | |
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| Asterina gibbosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Suborder: | Leptognathina |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Asterina Nardo, 1834 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777) [2] | |
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Asterina is a genus of small sea stars within the family Asterinidae. It has over thirty described species.
The species occurring in Australian waters (A. anomala, H.L. Clark, 1921; A. atyphoida H.L. Clark, 1916; A. cepheus (Müller and Troschel, 1842) A. coronata von Martens, 1866; A. heteractis H.L. Clark,1938 ; A. inopinata Livingstone, 1933; A. sarasini (de Loriol, 1897) and A. scobinata Livingstone, 1933) are considered not congeneric with the type species Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777) by Rowe (in Rowe and Gates, 1995) and will possibly to assigned to another genus or a new genus.[3] In the same book, Rowe suggested that Asterina should be restricted to Atlantic waters.
There is not yet enough adequate molecular evidence for a definite assignment of the species mentioned below to the genus Asterina.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the genus Asterina is composed of the following species :[4]
- Asterina agustincasoi Caso, 1978 (synonymized with Meridiastra modesta (Verrill, 1870) [5])
- Asterina atyphoida H.L. Clark, 1916
- Asterina burtoni burtoni Gray, 1840
- Asterina burtoni cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Asterina chilensis Lutken, 1859
- Asterina coronata coronata von Martens, 1866
- Asterina coronata cristata Fisher, 1916
- Asterina coronata euerces Fisher, 1917
- Asterina coronata fascicularis Fisher, 1918
- Asterina crassispina H.L. Clark, 1928
- Asterina fimbriata Perrier, 1875
- Asterina folium (Lütken, 1859)
- Asterina frigida Koehler, 1917
- Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
- Asterina gracilispina H.L. Clark, 1923
- Asterina hamiltoni Koehler, 1920
- Asterina hoensonae O'Loughlin, 2009
- Asterina inopinata Livingstone, 1933
- Asterina limboonkengi G.A. Smith, 1927
- Asterina lorioli Koehler, 1910
- Asterina lutea H.L. Clark, 1938
- Asterina miniata (Brandt, 1835)
- Asterina minor Hayashi, 1974
- Asterina modesta Verrill, 1870
- Asterina nuda H.L. Clark, 1921
- Asterina ocellifera (Gray, 1847)
- Asterina orthodon Fisher, 1922
- Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1870)
- Asterina pectinifera (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
- Asterina perplexa H.L. Clark, 1938
- Asterina phylactica Emson & Crump, 1979
- Asterina sarasini (deLoriol, 1897)
- Asterina scobinata Livingstone, 1933
- Asterina spinigera Koehler, 1911
- Asterina stellifera (Möbius, 1859)
- Asterina trochiscus (Retzius, 1805)
References
- ↑ Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis, pp. 716-717. Isis, Jena. Encyclopaedische Zeitung
- ↑ Pennant, T., 1777. British Zoology (4th edition). 4:1–154, 93 pls. London.
- ↑ Rowe, F.W.E. and Gates, J., 1995. Echinodermata. In: Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia 33: i–xiii, 1–510. CSIRO: Melbourne
- ↑ WoRMS : Asterina
- ↑ MARK O’LOUGHLIN, P. (2002). "NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIAN AND PACIFIC ASTERINIDAE (ECHINODERMATA, ASTEROIDEA)" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59 (2): 277–296. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187–366
- Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3
- Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336–351
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