Ceramaster
| Ceramaster | |
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| Ceramaster granularis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Goniasteridae |
| Genus: | Ceramaster Verrill, 1899[1] |
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Ceramaster is a genus of cushion stars in the family Goniasteridae. The species in this genus have no arms. They live in deeper waters than most sea stars.
Species list
Species in this genus include:
- Ceramaster arcticus (Verrill, 1909) - Arctic cookie star
- Ceramaster australis H.E.S. Clark, 2001
- Ceramaster bowersi (Fisher, 1906)
- Ceramaster clarki Fisher, 1910
- Ceramaster cuenoti (Koehler, 1909)
- Ceramaster glasbyi McKnight, 1993
- Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783)
- Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881)
- Ceramaster japonicus (Sladen, 1889)
- Ceramaster lennoxkingi McKnight, 1973
- Ceramaster leptoceramus (Fisher, 1905)
- Ceramaster misakiensis (Goto, 1914)
- Ceramaster mortenseni (Koehler, 1909)
- Ceramaster patagonicus (Sladen, 1889) - Cookie star
- Ceramaster smithi Fisher, 1913
- Ceramaster stellatus Djakonov, 1950
- Ceramaster trispinosus H.L. Clark, 1923
Note: Ceramaster placenta Fisher, 1911 is now accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)[2]
References
- ↑ http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123291 accessed 18 July 2012
- ↑ http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241002 accessed 18 July 2012
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