Circeaster Koehler 1909

Circeaster is a genus of abyssal sea stars in the family Goniasteridae.

Habitat and distribution

These sea stars have a flattened and broad pentagonal central disc, with 5 tapering arm. The marginal plates are thick and well delimited.^[2]

They live between 320 and 3000 meters deep, in the three main oceanic basins.^[2]

Species list

According to World Register of Marine Species:^[1]

• Circeaster americanus (A.H. Clark, 1916)
• Circeaster arandae Mah, 2006
• Circeaster helenae Mah, 2006
• Circeaster kristinae Mah, 2006
• Circeaster loisetteae Mah, 2006
• Circeaster magdalenae Koehler, 1909
• Circeaster marcelli Koehler, 1909
• Circeaster pullus Mah, 2006
• Circeaster sandrae Mah, 2006

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