Yiu, Sam King Fung;Mah, Christopher L.
Aquilonastra
Sign in to saveAquilonastra is a genus of small sea stars within the family Asterinidae. It has over 20 described species.
Species
チビイトマキヒトデ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyAsterinidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 164
- With media
- 41
- Family
- Asterinidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, NMV, UF, CAS, MNHN
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Japan, Philippines, Marshall Islands, French Southern Territories, Oman, Palau, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Asterinidae
- Image
- Aquilonastra conandae Réunion.png
Show 5 more facts
- taxon name
- Aquilonastra
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Aquilonastra
- Commons category
- Aquilonastra
- Commons gallery
- Aquilonastra
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Description
- List of species
- References
Aquilonastra is a genus of small sea stars within the family Asterinidae. It has over 20 described species.
== Description == thumb|upright=1|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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aquilonastra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.