O’Loughlin, P. Mark;Waters, Jonathan M.
Nepanthia
Sign in to saveAlso known as Nepanthia Gray, 1840
Nepanthia is a genus of starfish of the family Asterinidae. Members of the genus have four to seven rays and are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from Burma and Indonesia to Australia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyAsterinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 361
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Asterinidae
- Collections
- CAS, NMV, MEL, USNM, QM, AM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Palau, Australia, Somalia
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- Parent taxon
- Asterinidae
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- Pale scaly sea star (Nepanthia maculata).jpg
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Nepanthia is a genus of starfish of the family Asterinidae. Members of the genus have four to seven rays and are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from Burma and Indonesia to Australia.
==Characteristics== Members of the genus Nepanthia are characterized by having four to seven rays that are narrowly flat actinally (underneath), sub-cylindrical and tapering with the marginal edge weakly angular. Pedicellariae are present as are transactinal plates and superactinal plates. The plates on the rays are not in series, there is usually a single papula per space, the spines are fine, glassy but not needle-shaped and the superomarginal plates are irregular. The type species is Nepanthia maculata Gray, 1840.
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