étoile De Mer

Asteroidea de Blainville 1830

Body symmetry

• Paul and Smith 1984: pentaradial symmetry (adulte)

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: multicellular

described accepted species

• Appeltans et al: 1922

geographic distribution

• Mozambique Species List: Mozambique
• Aruba Species List: Aruba

locomotion

• Smith 1937: rampant

mineralized skeleton contains

• Mineralogy: high-magnesium calcite

percent of marine species currently described

• Appeltans et al: 73 (minimum)
• Appeltans et al: 86 (max)

percent surveyed species not yet known to science

• Appeltans et al: 4 (minimum)
• Appeltans et al: 0.09 (max)

percent synonyms among marine species

• Appeltans et al: 65

reproduction

• Fairbairn 2013: reproduction sexuelle

sexual system

• Fairbairn 2013: diécie

total unknown marine species

• Appeltans et al: 700 (max)
• Appeltans et al: 325 (minimum)

type specimen repository

• GBIF national node type records France: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Bourges

undescribed marine species present in museum collections

• Appeltans et al: 200 (max)
• Appeltans et al: 125 (minimum)

undiscovered marine morphospecies

• Appeltans et al: 200 (minimum)
• Appeltans et al: 500 (max)

visual system

• Garm and Nilsson 2014: yeux en apposition