Circeaster
Circeaster est genus Asteroideorum zonae abyssopelagicae familiae Goniasteridarum.
Descriptio, habitatio, distributio
recensereDiscus medius harum stellarum marinarum est planus et latus, quinque bracchiis decrescentibus praeditus. Lamina marginalia sunt crassa et bene delineata.[2] Hae stellae marinae inter 320 et 3000 metra altum habitant, in tribus maximis telluris pelvibus oceanicis.[2]
Species
recensereWorld Register of Marine Species novem species perscribit, quae sunt:[1]
- Circeaster americanus (A.H. Clark, 1916)
- Circeaster arandae Mah, 2006
- Circeaster helenae Mah, 2006
- Circeaster kristinae Mah, 2006
- Circeaster loisetteae Mah, 2006
- Circeaster magdalenae Koehler, 1909
- Circeaster marcelli Koehler, 1909
- Circeaster pullus Mah, 2006
- Circeaster sandrae Mah, 2006
Nexus interni
Notae
recensereBibliographia
recensere- Mah, C. L. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid, Circeaster (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema 28(4):2 917–954.
- Mah, C. 2014. Circeaster Koehler, 1909. In World Asteroidea database, ed. C. L. Mah. World Register of Marine Species.
Nexus externi
recensereSitus scientifici: • ITIS • Biodiversity • WoRMS: Marine Species |
Vide "Circeastrum" apud Vicispecies. |
Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Circeastrum spectant. |