Apollonaster
Sign in to saveApollonaster is a genus of abyssal sea stars in the family Goniasteridae. They can be identified by their bare abactinal plate surfaces and multiple accessory granule rows on their abactinal plates. To date, Apollonaster has been found in the tropical Atlantic region (A. yucatanensis) and Hawaiian Islands region (A. kelleyi) oceans, with no other locations or species being known as of 2015.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyGoniasteridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- Family
- Goniasteridae
- Collections
- USNM, UM-RSMAS
- Recorded in
- Cuba
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Goniasteridae
- Image
- Apollonaster kelleyi.jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Apollonaster
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- Apollonaster
- taxonomic type
- Apollonaster yucatanensis
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Apollonaster is a genus of abyssal sea stars in the family Goniasteridae. They can be identified by their bare abactinal plate surfaces and multiple accessory granule rows on their abactinal plates. To date, Apollonaster has been found in the tropical Atlantic region (A. yucatanensis) and Hawaiian Islands region (A. kelleyi) oceans, with no other locations or species being known as of 2015.
==Species list== According to World Register of Marine Species: Apollonaster kelleyi Mah, 2015 -- Hawaii Apollonaster yucatanensis Halpern, 1970 -- Caribbean
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