''Aquilonastra'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small sea stars within the family
Asterinidae
The Asterinidae are a large family of sea stars in the order Valvatida.
Description and characteristics
These are generally small sea stars, flattened dorsally and bearing very short arms, often giving a pentagonal shape in the body ;example: ...
. It has over 20 described
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
.
Description
''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.
List of species
According to
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
and O'Loughlin & Rowe 2006:
[.]
* ''
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
Image:Aquilonastra cepheus (MNHN-IE-2014-390).jpg, '' Aquilonastra cepheus'' from Red Sea (MNHN
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)
Image:Aquilonastra chantalae.png, '' Aquilonastra chantalae'' in Europa Island
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.
Image:Aquilonastra conandae.jpg, '' Aquilonastra conandae'' in Réunion
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island.
Image:Crown sea star (Aquilonastra coronata).jpg, '' Aquilonastra coronata'' in Singapore
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.
Image:Aquilonastra donia (MNHN-IE-2014-641).jpg, '' Aquilonastra donia'' from New Caledonia
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(MNHN
The French National Museum of Natural History ( ; abbr. MNHN) is the national natural history museum of France and a of higher education part of Sorbonne University. The main museum, with four galleries, is located in Paris, France, within the ...
)
Image:Aquilonastra marshae (MNHN-IE-2014-617).jpg, '' Aquilonastra marshae'' de Mer Rouge (MNHN
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)
Image:Aquilonastra moosleitneri.jpg, Probable '' Aquilonastra moosleitneri'' in Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
island.
Image:Aquilonastra richmondi.jpg, Probable '' Aquilonastra richmondi'' in Réunion
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island.
Image:Aquilonastra samyni.jpg, Probable '' Aquilonastra samyni'' in Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
island.
Image:Aquilonastra scobinata.jpg, '' Aquilonastra scobinata'' in Australia
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.
References
Asterinidae
Asteroidea genera
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