Astropecten
Astropecten | |
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Astropecten aranciacus | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Echinodermata
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Class: | Asteroidea
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Family: | |
Genus: | Astropecten Gray, 1840
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Astropecten is a genus of sea stars of the family Astropectinidae.[1]
Identification[]
These sea stars are similar one to each other and it can be difficult to determine with certainty the species only from a photograph. To have a certain determination, in some cases, animals should be analyzed in the laboratory or using genetic testing, but often it isn’t possible. In order to determine the species, with a reasonable margin of error, it’s necessary to observe the appearance of the animal, in particular, based on some typical features described by principal authors that have analyzed over the years a large number of specimens in the laboratory. The main elements, to determine the various species from photo, are: the appearance of the dorsal marginal plates and spines, the size, the shape of disc and arms. For a good identification by sea photo it is important to take a complete picture of all the subject, a picture of the detail of the marginal plates and to measure as precisely as possible the diameter of the sea star. All this can be done without touching, turning it, or disturbing the animal. Starfishes have two sides: an upper side called “aboral side” (which is normally visible), and a bottom side called “oral side” (which rests on the seabed).[citation needed]
General look of an Astropecten
Cross-section of an arm. 1=papula and paxilla, 2=superomarginal plate, 3=inferomarginal plate, 4=ambulacral plates, 5=adambulacral plate
Ossicles of an Astropecten aranciacus
Armtip of an Astropecten aranciacus
Species[]
- Sladen, 1883
- Tortonese, 1956
- Koehler, 1911
- Perrier, 1875
- Perrier, 1881
- Verrill, 1880
- H.L. Clark, 1926
- Sladen, 1888
- Lütken, 1859
- Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Astropecten armatus Gray, 1840
- Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825)
- Doderlein, 1917
- Doderlein, 1917
- Ludwig, 1905
- Astropecten bispinosus (Otto, 1823)
- Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Sladen, 1883
- Doderlein, 1917
- Caso, 1990
- Doderlein, 1917
- Sladen, 1833
- Verrill, 1915
- Koehler, 1910
- Mortensen, 1925
- Astropecten duplicatus Gray, 1840
- Fisher, 1913
- Fisher, 1919
- Lutken, 1871
- Ludwig, 1905
- Mortensen, 1933
- Doderlein, 1926
- Sladen, 1878
- Verrill, 1870
- Doderlein, 1917
- Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Koehler, 1909
- Koehler, 1911
- Koehler, 1911
- Doderlein, 1917
- Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Sladen, 1883
- Koehler, 1914
- Perrier, 1894
- Sladen, 1883
- Doderlein, 1888
- Koehler, 1910
- Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)
- Madsen, 1950
- Lutken, 1871
- Astropecten jonstoni (Delle Chiaje, 1827)
- de Loriol, 1899
- Astropecten latespinosus Meissner, 1892
- H.L. Clark, 1926
- Koehler, 1914
- Fisher, 1913
- Doderlein, 1917
- Koehler, 1914
- Gray, 1840
- Gray, 1840
- Koehler, 1914
- Doderlein, 1917
- Sladen, 1883
- Verrill, 1915
- Doderlein, 1917
- Verrill, 1915
- Doderlein, 1917
- Fisher, 1906
- Leipoldt, 1895
- Fisher, 1913
- Retzius, 1805
- Astropecten platyacanthus (Philippi, 1837)
- Astropecten polyacanthus Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Müller & Troschel, 1843
- Mortensen, 1925
- Fisher, 1906
- Doderlein, 1917
- Koehler, 1910
- H.L. Clark, 1938
- Fisher, 1906
- Sluiter, 1889
- Gray, 1840
- Mortensen, 1933
- Doderlein, 1917
- Astropecten scoparius Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Verrill, 1914
- Doderlein, 1917
- Madsen, 1950
- Astropecten spinulosus (Philippi, 1837)
- Ludwig, 1905
- Doderlein, 1917
- Doderlein, 1888
- H.E.S Clark & D.G. McKnight, 2000
- Fisher, 1913
- (Bell, 1894)
- Doderlein, 1917
- (Goto, 1914)
- Müller & Troschel, 1843
- Grube, 1866
- Oguro, 1982
- Müller & Troschel, 1843
- Mortensen, 1933
- von Martens, 1865
- deLoriol, 1899
(extinct, from the Jurassic)
Mediterranean species[]
Six species of Astropecten currently live in the Mediterranean Sea:
- Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Astropecten bispinosus (Otto, 1823)
- Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)
- Astropecten jonstoni (Delle Chiaje, 1825)
- Astropecten platyacanthus (Philippi, 1837)
- Astropecten spinulosus (Philippi, 1837)
References[]
- (in English) Roberto Pillon (2009). Astropecten of the Mediterranean Sea
- (in French) Koehler, Réné. 1921. Faune de France. Echinodermes.
- (in Italian) Tortonese, Enrico. 1965. Fauna d'Italia. Echinodermata.
- (in Italian) Tortonese, Enrico. 1934. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria (Volume 57).
- (in German) Emil Edler Von Marenzeller (1875). Revision adriatischer Seesterne.
- (in German) Ludwig, Hubert. 1897. Die Seesterne des Mittelmeeres. Zoologischen station zu Neapel.
- (in German) Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein. 1921. Die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition.
- "Astropecten". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
External links[]
- (in English) Dawnloadable WoRMS: Roberto Pillon (2009). Astropecten of the Mediterranean Sea
- (in Italian) Dawnloadable WoRMS: Roberto Pillon (2009). Orientarsi in un mare di stelle
- (in English) Dawnloadable ISSUU: Roberto Pillon (2009). Astropecten of the Mediterranean Sea
- (in Italian) Dawnloadable ISSUU: Roberto Pillon (2009). Orientarsi in un mare di stelle
- (in English) WoRMS
- Jaselli, Luca. “REDESCRIPTION AND FIRST ILLUSTRATION OF THE HOLOTYPE OF ASTROPECTEN MONTALIONIS (MENEGHINI, 1852) [PAXILLOSIDA: ASTROPECTINIDAE.” Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali (2018)]
- Astropecten
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray