Aquilonastra is a genus of small sea stars within the family Asterinidae. It has over 20 described species.
Description
Aquilonastra has generally five rays, except fissiparous species which have five to eight ones. It looks like a star, as inter-radial margins are deeply incurved.
List of species According to World Register of Marine Species and O'Loughlin & Rowe 2006:.
Aquilonastra anomala (H.L. Clark, 1921) Aquilonastra batheri (Goto, 1914) Aquilonastra burtoni (Gray, 1840) Aquilonastra byrneae O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842) Aquilonastra chantalae O'Loughlin & MacKenzie, 2013 Aquilonastra colemani O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra conandae O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra corallicola (Marsh, 1977) Aquilonastra coronata (von Martens, 1866) Aquilonastra doranae O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra halseyae O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra heteractis (H.L. Clark, 1938) Aquilonastra iranica (Mortensen, 1940) Aquilonastra limboonkengi (Smith, 1927) Aquilonastra marshae O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra minor (Hayashi, 1974) Aquilonastra moosleitneri O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra oharai O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra richmondi O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra rosea (H.L. Clark, 1938) Aquilonastra rowleyi O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra samyni O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra scobinata (Livingstone, 1933) Aquilonastra shirleyae O'Loughlin, 2009 Aquilonastra watersi O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 Aquilonastra yairi O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
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