Brisinga endecacnemos

Brisinga endecacnemos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Brisingida
Family:	Brisingidae
Genus:	Brisinga
Species:	B. endecacnemos
Binomial name
	Brisinga endecacnemos; Asbjørnsen, 1856

Brisinga endecacnemos is a species of starfish found in deep waters off Norway, Rockall Trough off Ireland, Cape Verde, to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The species is described as being a "brilliant red", with a body measuring between 2.8cm and 3.0cm, with 9 to 12 limbs generally longer than 33cm. Upon its discovery it was deemed to be an evolutionary link between ophiuroids and asteroids.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ C. Mah; M. Segonzac (2006). "Brisinga endecacnemos Asbjørnsen, 1856" (PDF). Denisia. 18: 477. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Brisinga endecacnemos". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brisinga endecacnemos Asbjørnsen, 1856". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-10-10.

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[Zobodat-1] C. Mah; M. Segonzac (2006). "Brisinga endecacnemos Asbjørnsen, 1856" (PDF). Denisia. 18: 477. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

[2] "ITIS Standard Report Page: Brisinga endecacnemos". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-10.

[3] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brisinga endecacnemos Asbjørnsen, 1856". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-10-10.

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