O’Loughlin, P. Mark;Waters, Jonathan M.
Parvulastra
Sign in to saveParvulastra is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Asterinidae. The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyAsterinidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- Family
- Asterinidae
- Collections
- UF, WAM, NMV, AM
- Recorded in
- Oman, Australia, Chile, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Asterinidae
- Image
- Parvulastra exigua (MNHN-IE-2014-526).jpg
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- Parvulastra
- taxon rank
- genus
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- Parvulastra
- taxon author citation
- O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004
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Parvulastra is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Asterinidae. The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.
The genus shows an unusual reproductive mode within Asterinidae: Parvulastra parvivipara and Parvulastra vivipara are viviparous. Prior to their description as distinct species, they were considered variants of Parvulastra exigua, which has free-living (but non-feeding) larvae.
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