Asterinides folium (Lütken, 1860)

Cunha, Rosana, Tavares, Marcos & Jr, Joel Braga De Mendonça, 2020, Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from shallow-waters of the remote oceanic archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, southeastern Atlantic, with taxonomic and zoogeographical notes, Zootaxa 4742 (1), pp. 31-56 : 46-47

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.1.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3681173

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scientific name

Asterinides folium (Lütken, 1860)
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Asterinides folium (Lütken, 1860) View in CoL

Asteriscus folium Lütken, 1860: 60 , 61 [type locality: Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, viz. O’Loughlin 2002]

Asterina folium – Clark & Downey, 1992: 182 View in CoL .

Asterinides folium – Oliveira et al. 2010: 3 View in CoL , fig. 2a; Benavides-Serrato et al. 2011: 150; Gondim et al. 2014: 24 View Cited Treatment , figs. 7a–e.

Distribution. Bermudas, Florida, Mexico, Bahamas, Belize, Panama, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil (Paraíba, Bahia, Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain, Trindade Island and Rio de Janeiro) ( Verrill, 1915; Brito, 1962; 1968, 1971; Clark & Downey, 1992; Hendler et al. 1995; Alvarado et al. 2008; Oliveira et al. 2010; Benavides- Serrato et al. 2011; Alvarado & Solis-Marin, 2013; Gondim et al. 2014). Depth range: 0–15 m ( Clark & Downey, 1992).

Color in life. Color varies with size. Clark & Downey (1992) reported small specimens to be are nearly white, turning “cream to yellow to reddish yellow or more often greenish”, whilst large specimens were “olive- or bluishgreen to blue”. The specimens recorded from Trinidad Island by Brito (1968) were dark grayish-blue.

Habitat. Coral reefs, rocky, sandy and rubble bottoms ( Pawson et al. 2009; Alvarado & Solis-Marin, 2013); commonly found under rocks or corals of the reef flat ( Brito, 1971; Hendler et al. 1995). The Trindade specimens were found under rocks ( Brito, 1968; 1971).

Comments. Brito (1962; 1968; 1971) briefly reported on 25 specimens of A. folium (radio up to 8 mm) amassed by H. Rodrigues da Costa in Trindade at the Enseada dos Portugueses, most certainly in the intertidal zone. Curiously enough, despite its very small size and intertidal habits, A. folium has never been reported from Trindade again since, nor has it been collected by us there.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Asteroidea

Order

Valvatida

Family

Asterinidae

Genus

Asterinides

Loc

Asterinides folium (Lütken, 1860)

Cunha, Rosana, Tavares, Marcos & Jr, Joel Braga De Mendonça 2020
2020
Loc

Asterinides folium –

Gondim, A. & Christoffersen, M. & Dias, T. 2014: 24
Benavides-Serrato, M. & Borrero-Perez, G. & Diaz-Sanchez, C. 2011: 150
Oliveira, J. P. & Oliveira, J. & Manso, C. L. C. 2010: 3
2010
Loc

Asterina folium –

Clark, A. M. & Downey, M. E. 1992: 182
1992
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