Cryptasterina Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart 2003 articles

Cryptasterina

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Cryptasterina is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Asterinidae.^[2] They occur in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.^[3]

The genus shows both viviparity and oviparity. The latter is the ancestral mode of reproduction.^[1]

There are three species:^[2]

Cryptasterina hystera Dartnall & Byrne, 2003 in Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003^[1]
Cryptasterina pacifica (Hayashi, 1977)
Cryptasterina pentagona (Muller & Troschel, 1840)

^ ^a ^b ^c Dartnall, Alan J.; Byrne, Maria; Collins, John & Hart, Michael W. (2003). "A new viviparous species of asterinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Asterinidae) and a new genus to accommodate the species of pantropical exiguoid sea stars". Zootaxa. 359: 1–14. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.359.1.1.
^ ^a ^b Mah CL, ed. (2022). "Cryptasterina Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "Cryptasterina Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

provided by wikipedia EN

Cryptasterina is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Asterinidae. They occur in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.

The genus shows both viviparity and oviparity. The latter is the ancestral mode of reproduction.