Glabraster
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Poraniidae |
| Genus: | Glabraster A. H. Clark, 1916 |
| Species: | G. antarctica
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| Binomial name | |
| Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876)
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Glabraster is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae. It is monotypic, the sole species being Glabraster antarctica.[2] It is also known as the red spiny cushion star.[3]
Glabraster antarctica is found in the Southern Ocean, southern Pacific Ocean, and southern Atlantic Ocean[1][3] on rock, sand, and shell substrates from the intertidal zone down to a depth of 900 m (3,000 ft).[3] Although morphologically variable, genetic analyses do not support splitting this species into subspecies.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mah CL, ed. (2024). "Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876)". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ Mah CL, ed. (2024). "Glabraster A.H. Clark, 1916". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2024). "Glabraster antarctica" in SeaLifeBase. March 2024 version.
- ^ Moore, Jenna M.; Carvajal, Jose I.; Rouse, Greg W.; Wilson, Nerida G. (2018). "The Antarctic Circumpolar Current isolates and connects: Structured circumpolarity in the sea star Glabraster antarctica". Ecology and Evolution. 8 (21): 10621–10633. doi:10.1002/ece3.4551.
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