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Circeaster
Genus of starfishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
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