The Brisingidae are a family of starfish found only in the deep sea.[2] They inhabit both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at abyssal depths, and also occur in the Southern Ocean and around Antarctica at slightly shallower depths.
The family was named after Brísingamen, a necklace belonging to Freya from Norse mythology that was stolen by Loki and hidden in the sea.[3]
Members of this family have a small, Ophiurida-like disc, clearly demarcated from the arms, which number more than five. The disc is approximately circular with a rim of fused plates which gives rigidity. The madreporite is near the margin of the disc. The arms are long and tapering with the ratio of the arm length to the disc radius being greater than 6/1. There is an acute angle between them and they can be shed at the base where they are separated from the disc by a deep groove. After a narrow cylindrical portion, the part of the arms closest to the disc accommodates the gonadal tissues and widens out somewhat. Beyond this area, the arms taper to a long point. The plates on the aboral (upper) side of the arms are small, and are much smaller than the marginal plates, which are armed with spines. The ambulacral groove on the underside of each arm is broad and there is a row of tube feet with suckers on either side of the groove. The pedicellariae are crossed.[4]
Members of this family live on hard surfaces at depths between 100 and 4,500 m (300 and 14,800 ft). They raise their arms vertically above their discs to filter feed on suspended organic particles drifting past. They are able to raise their arms in this way because of the small size of its plates on the aboral surfaces of their arms which gives them flexibility in a vertical plane. Novodinia is less adept at raising its arms, because of a different arrangement of the plates; in contrast, members of the other brisingid family, Freyellidae, have not been detected raising their arms in this way.[4]
Brisingidae contains the following genera and species:[1]
The Brisingidae are a family of starfish found only in the deep sea. They inhabit both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at abyssal depths, and also occur in the Southern Ocean and around Antarctica at slightly shallower depths.
The family was named after Brísingamen, a necklace belonging to Freya from Norse mythology that was stolen by Loki and hidden in the sea.
Les Brisingidae sont une famille d'étoiles de mer de l'ordre des Brisingida.
Selon World Register of Marine Species (19 janvier 2015)[2] :
Selon ITIS (19 janvier 2015)[3] :
Hymenodiscus sp.
Novodinia sp.
Novodinia sp.
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Les Brisingidae sont une famille d'étoiles de mer de l'ordre des Brisingida.
Brisingidae sunt familia Asteroideorum zonae abyssopelagicae[1][2] quae duodecim genera nonnullasque species comprehendit, inter quae:[3]
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Vide "Brisingidas" apud Vicispecies. Brisingidae sunt familia Asteroideorum zonae abyssopelagicae quae duodecim genera nonnullasque species comprehendit, inter quae:
Astrolirus Fisher, 1917 Astrolirus panamensis (Ludwig, 1905) Astrostephane Fisher, 1917 Astrostephane acanthogenys (Fisher, 1916) Astrostephane moluccana (Fisher, 1916) Brisinga Asbjørnsen, 1856 Brisinga alberti Fisher, 1907 Brisinga analoga (Fisher, 1919) Brisinga andamanica Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Brisinga bengalensis Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Brisinga chathamica McKnight, 1973 Brisinga costata Verrill, 1884 Brisinga cricophora Sladen, 1889 Brisinga distincta Sladen, 1889 Brisinga endecacnemos Asbjørnsen, 1856 Brisinga eucoryne Fisher, 1916 Brisinga evermanni Fisher, 1906 Brisinga gunnii Alcock, 1893 Brisinga hirsuta Perrier, 1894 Brisinga insularum Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Brisinga panopla Fisher, 1906 Brisinga parallela Koehler, 1909 Brisinga synaptoma (Fisher, 1917) Brisinga tasmani H.E.S. Clark, 1970 Brisinga trachydisca Fisher, 1916 Brisinga variispina Ludwig, 1905 Brisingaster Loriol, 1883 Brisingaster robillardi de Loriol, 1883 Brisingella Fisher, 1917 Brisingella verticillata (Sladen, 1889) Brisingenes Fisher, 1917 Brisingenes anchista Fisher, 1919 Brisingenes mimica (Fisher, 1916) Brisingenes multicostata (Verrill, 1894) Brisingenes plurispinula Aziz & Jangoux, 1985 Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884 Hymenodiscus agassizi (Perrier, 1882) Hymenodiscus aotearoa (McKnight, 1973) Hymenodiscus armillata (Sladen, 1889) Hymenodiscus beringiana (Korovchinsky, 1967) Hymenodiscus coronata (Sars G.O., 1872) Hymenodiscus distincta (Sladen, 1889) Hymenodiscus exilis (Fisher, 1905) Hymenodiscus fragilis (Fisher, 1906) Hymenodiscus membranacea (Sladen, 1889) Hymenodiscus monacantha H.L. Clark, 1920 Hymenodiscus ochotensis Djakonov, 1950 Hymenodiscus pannychia Fisher, 1928 Hymenodiscus pusilla Fisher, 1917 Hymenodiscus submembranacea (Doderlein, 1927) Hymenodiscus tenella (Luwig, 1905) Hymenodiscus verticellata (Sladen, 1889) Labidiaster Lütken, 1872 Midgardia Downey, 1972 Midgardia xandaros Downey, 1972 Novodinia Dartnall, Pawson, Pope & B.J. Smith, 1969 Novodinia americana (Verrill, 1880) Novodinia antillensis (A.H.Clark, 1934) Novodinia austini (Koehler, 1909) Novodinia australis (H.L. Clark, 1916) Novodinia clarki (Koehler, 1909) Novodinia homonyma Downey, 1986 Novodinia magister Fisher, 1917 Novodinia novaezelandiae (H.E.S. Clark, 1962) Novodinia pacifica (Fisher, 1906) Novodinia pandina (Sladen, 1889) Novodinia penichra (Fisher, 1916) Novodinia radiata Aziz & Jangoux, 1985 Novodinia semicoronata (Perrier, 1885) Odinella Fisher, 1940 Odinella nutrix Fisher, 1940 Stegnobrisinga Fisher, 1916 Stegnobrisinga gracilis (Koehler, 1909) Stegnobrisinga placoderma Fisher, 1916 Stegnobrisinga splendens H.L. Clark, 1926De Brisingidae zijn een familie van zeesterren uit de orde Brisingida.
Hymenodiscus sp.
Novodinia sp.
Novodinia sp.
De Brisingidae zijn een familie van zeesterren uit de orde Brisingida.
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