Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Asterozoa
Classis: Asteroidea
Ordo: Spinulosida
Subordo: Leptognathina
Familia: Asterinidae
Genus: Aquilonastra
A. anomala – A. batheri – A. burtonii – A. byrneae – A. cepheus – A. chantalae – A. colemani – A. conandae – A. corallicola – A. conandae – A. coronata – A. doranae – A. halseyae – A. iranica – A. limboonkengi – A. marshae – A. minor – A. moosleitneri – A. oharai – A. richmondi – A. rosea – A. rowleyi – A. samyni – A. scobinata – A. watersi – A. yairi
Name
Aquilonastra O’Loughlin, 2004 in O’Loughlin & Waters.
Type species: Asteriscus cepheus Müller & Troschel, 1842
References
O'Loughlin, P.M. 2009: New asterinid species from Africa and Australia (Echinodermata: Asteroidea:Asterinidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 66 (2): 203–213. Full article: [1].
O’Loughlin, P.M. & Mackenzie, M. 2013. Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613(2): 176–180. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5 Reference page.
O’Loughlin, P.M. & Rowe, F.W.E., 2006: A systematic revision of the asterinid genus Aquilonastra O’Loughlin, 2004 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 63 (2): 257–287. Full article: [2].
O’Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M., 2004: A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 61 (1): 1–40. Full article: [3].
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
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. 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. ISSN 1447-2554..
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