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Brisingida are an order of sea stars containing about 100 species.
They usually have between 6 and 16 arms, which are long and attenuated and used for suspension feeding. The Brisingida contains about 100 species in 17 genera and 6 families. [1]
They occur all around the globe, but most Brisingida populations are concentrated around Hawaiʻi, the Gulf of Mexico, New Zealand, and the Philippines.[2]
Further reading edit
- Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details]
- Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
- Downey. M.E. (1986). Revision of the Atlantic Brisingida (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with description of a new genus and family. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No.435. 57pp. [details]
- Fisher, W.K. (1917). New genera and species of Brisingidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20(8): 418-431. [details]
- Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details]
- Clark, A.M.and Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies, 6: pp. 229-347 (look up in IMIS) [details]
References edit
- ^ http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Fossilgroups/asteroz2/index_f/mod_fm.html
- ^ Biodiversity occurrence data provided by: Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Hierarchy, Edition 1 (2007) (Accessed through GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net, 2009-09-18) [1]
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