Brisinga is a genus of starfish in the family

Brisingidae The Brisingidae are a family of starfish found only in the deep sea. They inhabit both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at abyssal depths, and also occur in the Southern Ocean and around Antarctica at slightly shallower depths. The family was ...

. The species in this genus are primarily found in

deep sea The deep sea is broadly defined as the ocean depth where light begins to fade, at an approximate depth of 200 metres (656 feet) or the point of transition from continental shelves to continental slopes. Conditions within the deep sea are a combin ...

habitats.

Species

*''Brisinga'' Asbjørnsen, 1856 **'' Brisinga alberti'' Fisher, 1907 ** '' Brisinga analoga'' (Fisher, 1919) ** '' Brisinga andamanica'' Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 ** '' Brisinga bengalensis'' Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 ** '' Brisinga chathamica'' McKnight, 1973 ** '' Brisinga costata'' Verrill, 1884 ** '' Brisinga cricophora'' Sladen, 1889 ** '' Brisinga distincta'' Sladen, 1889 ** ''

Brisinga endecacnemos ''Brisinga endecacnemos'' is a species of starfish found in deep waters off Norway, Rockall Trough off Ireland, Cape Verde, to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The species is described as being a "brilliant red", with a body measuring between 2.8 cm ...

'' Asbjørnsen, 1856 ** '' Brisinga eucoryne'' Fisher, 1916 ** '' Brisinga evermanni'' Fisher, 1906 ** '' Brisinga gunnii'' Alcock, 1893 ** '' Brisinga hirsuta'' Perrier, 1894 ** '' Brisinga insularum'' Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 ** '' Brisinga panopla'' Fisher, 1906 ** '' Brisinga parallela'' Koehler, 1909 ** '' Brisinga synaptoma'' (Fisher, 1917) ** '' Brisinga tasmani'' H.E.S. Clark, 1970 ** '' Brisinga trachydisca'' Fisher, 1916 ** '' Brisinga variispina'' Ludwig, 1905

References

Brisingida Animals described in 1856 {{asteroidea-stub