Taxonomy of the sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Bahia State, including ontogenetic variation and an illustrated key to the Brazilian species
Author
Cunha, Rosana
0000-0002-0858-0041
rosana.fcunha@alumni.usp.br
Author
Martins, Luciana
0000-0002-0858-0041
rosana.fcunha@alumni.usp.br
Author
Menegola, Carla
0000-0002-4913-366X
carla.menegola@gmail.com
Author
Souto, Camilla
0000-0002-0858-0041
rosana.fcunha@alumni.usp.br
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-13
4955
1
1
78
journal article
7258
10.11646/zootaxa.4955.1.1
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1175-5326
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Genus
Coscinasterias
Verrill, 1867
Type
species.
Coscinasterias muricata
Verrill, 1867
(
type
by monotypy).
Remarks.
Coscinasterias
includes four species:
C. acutispina
(Stimpson, 1842)
and
C. muricata
Verrill, 1870
from the Pacific Ocean,
C. calamaria
(
Gray, 1840
)
from
South Africa
and
Australia
, and
C. tenuispina
(
Lamarck, 1816
)
from the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.