Astropectinidae Gray, 1840
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Family Astropectinidae Gray, 1840 View in CoL View at ENA
Genus Astropecten Gray, 1840 View in CoL
Type species. Astropecten aranciacus ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL (by subsequent designation by Fisher, 1908).
Remarks. With more than 105 species described, Astropecten is one of the most diverse sea star genera ( Zulliger & Lessios 2010). Of these species, 25 occur in the Atlantic Ocean and eight occur in Brazil: Astropecten acutiradiatus , A. alligator Perrier, 1881 , A. antillensis , A. articulatus ( Say, 1825) , A. brasiliensis brasiliensis , A. cingulatus , A. duplicatus Gray, 1840 and A. marginatus . In the molecular phylogeny of the genus Astropecten proposed by Zulliger & Lessios (2010), the West Atlantic species form a clade with the East Pacific species, most likely separated by the Isthmus of Panama as suggested by Tortonese (1956). Sister to this clade is a clade composed of East Atlantic and Mediterranean species.
Diet of this genus is generally composed of bivalves, gastropods and small crustaceans ( Christensen 1970; Ribi et al. 1977; Ventura 1991). Species of the genus Astropecten are used for medicinal purposes in the northeastern Brazil, where the tea of the whole specimen is drunk to treat asthma and cough, to prevent abortion and to reduce menstrual bleeding (Alves & Rosa 2006).
Christensen, A. M. (1970) Feeding biology of the sea star Astropecten irregularis Pennant. Ophelia, 8, 1 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00785326.1970.10429554
Fisher, W. K. (1908) Necessary changes in the nomenclature of starfishes. Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections (Quaterly), 52, 87 - 93.
Gray, J. E. (1840) A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 6 (37), 175 - 184 + 275 - 290. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745484009443296
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. Impensis Direct, Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 824 pp.
Perrier, E. (1881) Description sommaire des especes nouvelles d'Asteries. Museum of Comparative Zoology Bulletin, 9, 1 - 31.
Ribi, G., Scharer, R. & Ochsner, P. (1977) Stomach contents and size frequency distribution of two co-existing seastar species Astropecten aranciacus and A. bispinosus with reference to competition. Marine Biology, 43, 181 - 185. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 00391266
Say, T. (1825) On the species of the Linnaean genus Asterias inhabiting the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1 (5), 151 - 154.
Tortonese, E. (1956) Su alcune specie di Astropectinidae, con descrizone di una nuovo Astropecten (Asteroidea). Annali Museo Storia Naturale Genova, 68, 319 - 334.
Ventura, C. R. R. (1991) Distribuicao, abundancia e habito alimentar de Asteroidea (Echinodermata) de fundos inconsolidados da plataforma continental do Cabo Frio, RJ. Unpublished Master Thesis, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 101 pp.
Zulliger, D. E. & Lessios, H. A. (2010) Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Astropecten Gray (Paxillosida: Astropectinidae) on a global scale: molecular evidence for morphological convergence, species-complexes and possible cryptic speciation. Zootaxa, 2504 (1), 1 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2504.1.1
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