Brisingidae

Brisingidae
Brisingid sea star
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Eleutherozoa
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Brisingida
Family:	Brisingidae
Genera
see text

The Brisingidae are a family of deep-sea-dwelling sea stars^[1][2] containing these genera and species:^[3]

• Astrolirus Fisher, 1917
  • Astrolirus panamensis (Ludwig, 1905)
• Astrostephane Fisher, 1917
  • Astrostephane acanthogenys (Fisher, 1916)
  • Astrostephane moluccana (Fisher, 1916)
• Brisinga Asbjørnsen, 1856
  • Brisinga alberti Fisher, 1907
  • Brisinga analoga (Fisher, 1919)
  • Brisinga andamanica Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
  • Brisinga bengalensis Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
  • Brisinga chathamica McKnight, 1973
  • Brisinga costata Verrill, 1884
  • Brisinga cricophora Sladen, 1889
  • Brisinga distincta Sladen, 1889
  • Brisinga endecacnemos Asbjørnsen, 1856
  • Brisinga eucoryne Fisher, 1916
  • Brisinga evermanni Fisher, 1906
  • Brisinga gunnii Alcock, 1893
  • Brisinga hirsuta Perrier, 1894
  • Brisinga insularum Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
  • Brisinga panopla Fisher, 1906
  • Brisinga parallela Koehler, 1909
  • Brisinga synaptoma (Fisher, 1917)
  • Brisinga tasmani H.E.S. Clark, 1970
  • Brisinga trachydisca Fisher, 1916
  • Brisinga variispina Ludwig, 1905
• Brisingaster Loriol, 1883
  • Brisingaster robillardi de Loriol, 1883
• Brisingella Fisher, 1917
  • Brisingella verticillata (Sladen, 1889)
• Brisingenes Fisher, 1917
  • Brisingenes anchista Fisher, 1919
  • Brisingenes mimica (Fisher, 1916)
  • Brisingenes multicostata (Verrill, 1894)
  • Brisingenes plurispinula Aziz & Jangoux, 1985
• Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884
  • Hymenodiscus agassizi (Perrier, 1882)
  • Hymenodiscus aotearoa (McKnight, 1973)
  • Hymenodiscus armillata (Sladen, 1889)
  • Hymenodiscus beringiana (Korovchinsky, 1967)
  • Hymenodiscus coronata (Sars G.O., 1872)
  • Hymenodiscus distincta (Sladen, 1889)
  • Hymenodiscus exilis (Fisher, 1905)
  • Hymenodiscus fragilis (Fisher, 1906)
  • Hymenodiscus membranacea (Sladen, 1889)
  • Hymenodiscus monacantha H.L. Clark, 1920
  • Hymenodiscus ochotensis Djakonov, 1950
  • Hymenodiscus pannychia Fisher, 1928
  • Hymenodiscus pusilla Fisher, 1917
  • Hymenodiscus submembranacea (Doderlein, 1927)
  • Hymenodiscus tenella (Luwig, 1905)
  • Hymenodiscus verticellata (Sladen, 1889)
• Labidiaster Lütken, 1872
• Midgardia Downey, 1972
  • Midgardia xandaros Downey, 1972
• Novodinia Dartnall, Pawson, Pope & B.J. Smith, 1969
  • Novodinia americana (Verrill, 1880)
  • Novodinia antillensis (A.H.Clark, 1934)
  • Novodinia austini (Koehler, 1909)
  • Novodinia australis (H.L. Clark, 1916)
  • Novodinia clarki (Koehler, 1909)
  • Novodinia homonyma Downey, 1986
  • Novodinia magister Fisher, 1917
  • Novodinia novaezelandiae (H.E.S. Clark, 1962)
  • Novodinia pacifica (Fisher, 1906)
  • Novodinia pandina (Sladen, 1889)
  • Novodinia penichra (Fisher, 1916)
  • Novodinia radiata Aziz & Jangoux, 1985
  • Novodinia semicoronata (Perrier, 1885)
• Odinella Fisher, 1940
  • Odinella nutrix Fisher, 1940
• Stegnobrisinga Fisher, 1916
  • Stegnobrisinga gracilis (Koehler, 1909)
  • Stegnobrisinga placoderma Fisher, 1916
  • Stegnobrisinga splendens H.L. Clark, 1926

References

1. "Asteroidea". Tolweb.org. 2004-10-07. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brisingida". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
3. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123119