Circeaster

Taxonavigation

Familia: Goniasteridae
Subfamilia: Circeasterinae
Genus: Circeaster
Species (8): C. americanus – C. dux – C. helenae – C. kristinae – C. loisetteae – C. magdalenae – C. marcelli – C. pullus – C. sandrae

Name

Circeaster Koehler, 1909

Type species: Circeaster marcelli Koehler, 1909

References

• 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. 

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