''Circeaster'' is a
genus
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of abyssal sea stars in the
family
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Goniasteridae
Goniasteridae (the biscuit stars) constitute the largest family of sea stars, included in the order Valvatida. They are mostly deep-dwelling species, but the family also include several colorful shallow tropical species.
Description
Goniast ...
.
Habitat and distribution
These sea stars have a flattened and broad pentagonal central disc, with 5 tapering arm. The marginal plates are thick and well delimited.
They live between 320 and 3000 meters deep, in the three main oceanic basins.
[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): 917-954.
Species list
According to
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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:
[Mah, C. (2014), ]
Circeaster
' Koehler, 1909 In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
* ''
Circeaster americanus''
(A.H. Clark, 1916)
* ''
Circeaster arandae
''Circeaster'' is a genus of abyssal sea stars in the family Goniasteridae.
Habitat and distribution
These sea stars have a flattened and broad pentagonal central disc, with 5 tapering arm. The marginal plates are thick and well delimited.
T ...
''
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
References
External links
* Mah, C. (2014),
Circeaster'
Koehler, 1909 In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
* 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): 917-954.
Goniasteridae
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