Clavaporania

Clavaporania fitchorum is a species of starfish in the family Poraniidae. It is the only known species of the genus Clavaporania. It is native to the South Pacific Ocean and is found in deep water off the coast of Australia (it was discovered at Hjort Seamount, south of Macquarie Island).[2]

Clavaporania
Scientific picture of a dried C. fitchorum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Valvatida
Family:
Poraniidae
Genus:
Clavaporania

Mah & Foltz, 2014
Species:
C. fitchorum
Binomial name
Clavaporania fitchorum
Mah & Foltz, 2014[1]

Description

Clavaporania fitchorum has a classical starfish shape with five short arms and a somewhat inflated body. The aboral surface is covered with club-shaped spinelets.[2]

Distribution

Clavaporania fitchorum has been found during a deep-sea survey by the US Antarctic Research Program at Hjort Seamount, off the coast of Macquarie Island, at 1600 meters deep. Even if this was the only recorded observation to date, this species may have a large distribution, as it is often the case with deep-sea species.[2]

Bibliography
  • Mah, Christopher L.; Foltz, David W. (May 2014). "New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with Comments on Feeding Biology". Zootaxa. 3795 (3): 327–372. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7. PMID 24870481. Retrieved 16 May 2014..

References
  1. Mah, C. (2014). Mah CL (ed.). "Clavaporania fitchorum Mah & Foltz, 2014". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  2. Mah, Christopher L.; Foltz, David W. (May 2014). "New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with Comments on Feeding Biology". Zootaxa. 3795 (3): 327–372. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7. PMID 24870481. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
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