Asterina Nardo 1834

Asterina itsas izar txikien generoa da, Asterinidae familiakoa. Barnean hogeita hamar espezie baino gehiago ditu.

Bost mutur dituen ekinodermoa da. Txikia da eta oso beso laburrak ditu, zabalak oinean. Horrek ematen dio bost muturreko izar itxura. A. gibbosa, Mediterraneo itsasoan eta Atlantikoan bizi dena, eta A. pancerii, Mediterraneokoa, dira Europan ikusten diren mota ezagunenak.^[2]

Espezieak

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) datu-basearen arabera, generoak honako espezieak ditu:^[3]

• Asterina agustincasoi Caso, 1978 (Meridiastra modesta (Verrill, 1870) ^[4])
• Asterina atyphoida H.L. Clark, 1916
  • Asterina burtoni burtoni Gray, 1840
  • Asterina burtoni cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
• Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
• Asterina chilensis Lutken, 1859
  • Asterina coronata coronata von Martens, 1866
  • Asterina coronata cristata Fisher, 1916
  • Asterina coronata euerces Fisher, 1917
  • Asterina coronata fascicularis Fisher, 1918
• Asterina crassispina H.L. Clark, 1928
• Asterina fimbriata Perrier, 1875
• Asterina folium (Lütken, 1859)
• Asterina frigida Koehler, 1917
• Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
• Asterina gracilispina H.L. Clark, 1923
• Asterina hamiltoni Koehler, 1920
• Asterina hoensonae O'Loughlin, 2009
• Asterina inopinata Livingstone, 1933
• Asterina limboonkengi G.A. Smith, 1927
• Asterina lorioli Koehler, 1910
• Asterina lutea H.L. Clark, 1938
• Asterina miniata (Brandt, 1835)
• Asterina minor Hayashi, 1974
• Asterina modesta Verrill, 1870
• Asterina nuda H.L. Clark, 1921
• Asterina ocellifera (Gray, 1847)
• Asterina orthodon Fisher, 1922
• Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1870)
• Asterina pectinifera (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
• Asterina perplexa H.L. Clark, 1938
• Asterina phylactica Emson & Crump, 1979
• Asterina sarasini (deLoriol, 1897)
• Asterina scobinata Livingstone, 1933
• Asterina spinigera Koehler, 1911
• Asterina stellifera (Möbius, 1859)
• Asterina trochiscus (Retzius, 1805)

Erreferentziak

• Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187–366
• 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
• 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