Circeaster
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Granulosina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Goniasteridae
Subfamilia: Circeasterinae
Genus: Circeaster
Species (12):
C. abyssalis –
C. americanus –
C. columnaris –
C. dux –
C. helenae –
C. kristinae –
C. loisetteae –
C. magdalenae –
C. mandibulum –
C. marcelli –
C. pullus –
C. sandrae
- Transferred to other genera (1): C. arandae
- In synonymy (1): C. occidentalis
Name
[edit]Circeaster Koehler, 1909
- Type species: Circeaster marcelli Koehler, 1909
Synonymy
[edit]- Circeaster Koehler, 1909: 83; — Halpern, 1970: 265; — Mah, 2022: 927; — Mah, 2024a: 3, 13; — Mah, 2026: 5.
References
[edit]- Halpern, J.A. 1970. Biological Investigations of the deep sea. 51. Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science. 20(1): 193–286. Online Reference page.
- Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1909a. Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan Indien. I. Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum ... . Collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator. 5: 1–143. BHL Reference page.
- Mah, C.L. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid Circeaster (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Goniasteridae) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema. 28(4): 917–954. PDF Reference page.
- Mah, C.L. 2024a. New Goniasteridae and in situ observations significant to deep-sea coral predation. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 1–35. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.01
. Reference page. - Mah, C.L. 2026. New genera, species and occurrences of Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) from New Caledonia. Megataxa 19(1): 001–113. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.1.1 . Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Circeaster Koehler, 1909 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on January 21, 2026
