Circeaster

Circeaster is a genus of abyssal sea stars in the family Goniasteridae.

Circeaster
Circeaster arandae
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Circeaster

Koehler, 1909[1]

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.[2]

They live between 320 and 3000 meters deep, in the three main oceanic basins.[2]

Species list

According to World Register of Marine Species:[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

References

  1. Mah, C. (2014), Circeaster Koehler, 1909 In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. 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.


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