Novodinia americana

Novodinia americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Brisingida
Family:	Brisingidae
Genus:	Novodinia
Species:	N. americana
Binomial name
	Novodinia americana; (Verrill, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
	Brisinga americana Verrill, 1880;

Novodina americana is a species of starfish found of the coast of Greenland. A 2018 study of deep-water starfish species found that N. americana was both bioluminescent and, unexpectedly for an inhabitant of the aphotic zone, to have eyes that have among the highest resolutions found this far among starfish.[2]

References

Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992). "Novodinia americana (Verrill, 1880)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
Birk, M. H.; Blicher, M. E.; Garm, A. (2018). "Deep-sea starfish from the Arctic have well-developed eyes in the dark". Proc. R. Soc. B. 285 (1872): 20172743. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2743. PMC 5829209. PMID 29436504.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992). "Novodinia americana (Verrill, 1880)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

[2] Birk, M. H.; Blicher, M. E.; Garm, A. (2018). "Deep-sea starfish from the Arctic have well-developed eyes in the dark". Proc. R. Soc. B. 285 (1872): 20172743. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2743. PMC 5829209. PMID 29436504.