Aquilonastra

Aquilonastra is a genus of small sea stars within the family Asterinidae. It has over 20 described species.

Aquilonastra
Aquilonastra conandae
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Aquilonastra

O’Loughlin, 2004 [1]
Type species
Asteriscus cepheus Müller and Troschel, 1842.
Species

see text

Description

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

  1. 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. ISSN 1447-2554. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-21.
  2. 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. ISSN 1447-2554..


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