Circeaster is a genus of abyssal sea stars in the family Goniasteridae.
Circeaster | |
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Circeaster arandae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Order: | Valvatida |
Family: | Goniasteridae |
Genus: | Circeaster Koehler, 1909[1] |
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]
According to World Register of Marine Species:[1]