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Circeaster

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

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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

References

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