WEBEdged sea stars, order Phanerozonia, have distinct marginal plates and therefore tend to be rigid. Members of the order have suction-tube feet; the anus may be lacking. Most of the deep-sea sea stars belong to this order, and many are burrowers.
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WEBApr 27, 2012 · Fisher modified Sladen's classification and established three orders, the Phanerozonia, the Spinulosa, and the Forcipulata, which …
- Author: Christopher L. Mah, Daniel B. Blake
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- Publish Year: 2012
- In general, the rather meager fossil record is difficult to interpret. Spencer (1951) recognized a small group of Paleozoic stelleroid genera as the class Somasteroidea, which he considered to be ancestral to both surviving stelleroid classes (i.e., Ophiuroidea and Asteroidea). His perspective is widely accepted, although understanding of early phy...
- Author: Daniel B. Blake, Daniel A. Janies, Rich Mooi
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- Publish Year: 2000
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WEBThe Pterasteridae comprises a diversified group of extant largely deep-sea starfishes. Generic diagnoses have been based classically on soft tissue characters and skeletal …
Brooding Behavior of a Six-Rayed Starfish, Leptasterias hexactis
WEBPhanerozonia, such as Leptychaster almus (Fisher, 1917) and Ctenodiscus australis (Lieberkind, 1926), usually brood their young among the paxillae on the aboral surface …
WEBJul 22, 2010 · Based on an extensive review of published records, the Caribbean echinoderm fauna is composed of 433 species, 237 genera, 80 families, 29 orders in five classes, with four endemic species. The …
The reproductive biology of deep-sea forcipulate seastars …
WEBSamples of the deep-sea forcipulate seastars Brisinga endecacnemos, Brisingella coronata, Freyella spinosa and Zoroaster fulgens have been collected at a number of stations in …
A New Record of Sea Star (Asteroidea: Phanerozonia) from
WEBNov 30, 2007 · Among them, Paragonaster ctenopes Sladen, 1889 belonging to family Goniasteridae, order Phanerozonia is newly recorded from Korea. Twenty two species …
Histology and ultrastructure of the tube foot epithelium in the ...
WEBJan 1, 1972 · Studies on the adhesion of starfish tube feet have virtually been confined to members of the Orders Forcipulata and Spinulosa, which have suckered tube feet. …
Echinoderm Larvæ and their Bearing on Classification | Nature
WEBThe Phanerozonia of Sladen includes eight families. One of these families, the Asteropectinidæ, contains species with non-attaching larvæ.
