Brisingida

Brisingida
Brisingid sea star
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Superorder: Forcipulatacea
Order: Brisingida
Fisher, 1928
Families

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The Brisingids are deep-sea-dwelling starfish in the order Brisingida.[1][2]

Description

These starfish have between 6 and 16 long, attenuated arms which they use for suspension feeding.[3] Other characteristics include a single series of marginals, a fused ring of disc plates, the lack of actinal plates, a spool-like ambulacral column, reduced abactinal plates, and crossed pedicellariae.[4] They are 40 times the size of disk radius and have 7–20 flexible spiny arms.[5]

Distribution

Brisingida occur in a number of deep-sea locations, particularly in the Caribbean and New Zealand.[6]

An orange brisingid on black coral at 1,950 m in California, Davidson Seamount

This type of species are found of varying size especially in the eastern Pacific Ocean at a depth of 1,820–2,418 m.[5]

Taxonomy

The Brisingida contain two families, with 18 genera:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Asteroidea". Tolweb.org. 2004-10-07. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  2. ^ a b Mah, C. (2014). Mah CL (ed.). "Brisingida". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  3. ^ "Asterozoa: Fossil groups: SciComms 05-06: Earth Sciences". Palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk. 2005-11-22. Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  4. ^ "Revision of the Atlantic Brisingida (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with Description of a New Genus and Family" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  5. ^ a b Zhang; et al. (May 27, 2020). "A new sponge-associated starfish, Astrolirus patricki sp. nov. (Asteroidea: Brisingida: Brisingidae), from the northwestern Pacific seamounts" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-06-03.
  6. ^ "Data Use Agreement – GBIF Portal". Gbif.net. 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2010-07-30.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ Mah, C. (2014). Mah CL (ed.). "Brisingidae G.O. Sars, 1875". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  8. ^ "Antarctic Invertebrates: Brisingida". Invertebrates.si.edu. 1970-01-01. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  9. ^ Mah, C. (2014). Mah CL (ed.). "Freyellidae Downey, 1986". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-23.

Further reading

  • Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336–351 (look up in IMIS) [details]
  • Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
  • Downey. M.E. (1986). Revision of the Atlantic Brisingida (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with description of a new genus and family. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No.435. 57pp. [details]
  • Fisher, W.K. (1917). New genera and species of Brisingidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20(8): 418–431. [details]
  • Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details]
  • Clark, A.M.and Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies, 6: pp. 229–347 (look up in IMIS) [details]


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