Aquilonastra

Aquilonastra
	Aquilonastra conandae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Suborder:	Leptognathina
Family:	Asterinidae
Genus:	Aquilonastra; O'Loughlin, 2004[1]
Type species
	Asteriscus cepheus Müller and Troschel, 1842.;
Species
	see text

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

Description

Aquilonastra conandae.

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

Aquilonastra cepheus from Red Sea (MNHN)
Aquilonastra chantalae in Europa Island.
Aquilonastra conandae in Réunion island.
Aquilonastra coronata in Singapore.
Aquilonastra donia from New Caledonia (MNHN)
Aquilonastra marshae de Mer Rouge (MNHN)
Probable Aquilonastra moosleitneri in Réunion island.
Probable Aquilonastra richmondi in Réunion island.
Probable Aquilonastra samyni in Réunion island.
Aquilonastra scobinata in Australia.

References

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. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1. ISSN 1447-2554. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-21.
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. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2006.63.18. ISSN 1447-2554. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2008..

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[protologue-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. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1. ISSN 1447-2554. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-21.

[O'Loughlin_&_Rowe_2006-2] 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. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2006.63.18. ISSN 1447-2554. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2008..