Astropectinidae

Kašćelan, Slavica, Mandić, Sreten, Radović, Ivica & Krpo-Ćetković, Jasmina, 2009, An annotated checklist of Echinodermata of Montenegro (the south Adriatic Sea), Zootaxa 2275, pp. 21-40 : 27-28

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.191048

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5663625

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scientific name

Astropectinidae
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Fam: Astropectinidae View in CoL

Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material: 2 specimens; stations: S14, t5; depth: 29-100 m; substrates: sand, mud, organic detritus.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Lorenz (1863); Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1960, 1977, 1997); Tortonese (1965), Despalatović (2005); Zavodnik et al. (2005, 2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Karaman & Gamulin-Brida (1970), Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982, 1986), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Astropecten bispinosus (Otto, 1823)

Material: 12 specimens; stations: S8, t6; depth: 25-53 m; substrates: sand, mud, organic detritus.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1960, 1977, 1997), Tortonese (1965), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2005, 2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Babić (1913).

Literature records for Montenegro: Milojević (1982, 1986).

Astropecten irregularis pentacanthus (Delle Chiaje, 1827)

Material: 204 specimens; stations: S1, t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6, t7; depth: 10-120 m; substrates: sand, mud, organic detritus.

Distribution: Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Lorenz (1863), Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1960, 1977, 1997), Tortonese (1965), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1938, 1940), Karaman & Gamulin-Brida (1970), Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982, 1986), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Remarks: Considered as the most frequent and most abundant Mediterranean sea star ( Vidović-Matvejev, 1978; Milojević, 1986; Ungaro 1995).

Astropecten jonstoni (Delle Chiaje, 1827)

Material: 10 specimens; stations: T12, S15; depth: 8-11 m; substrates: sand, mud, organic detritus, meadows of Posidonia oceanica .

Distribution: Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Kolosváry (1937), Tortonese (1965).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): none.

Literature records for Montenegro: Milojević (1982, 1986).

Astropecten platyacanthus (Philippi, 1837)

Material: 8 specimens; stations: T5, T11, S9; depth: 15-25 m; substrates: sand, mud, organic detritus.

Distribution: Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Lorenz (1863), Zavodnik (1997), Zavodnik et al. (2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982, 1986), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Astropecten spinulosus (Philippi, 1837)

Material: 2 specimens; stations: S11; depth: 10-13 m; substrates: sand, mud.

Distribution: Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1960, 1977).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982, 1986), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Remarks: Collected from leaves of Posidonia oceanica .

Tethyaster subinermis (Philippi, 1837)

Material: 1 specimen; stations: t7; depth: 25-30 m; substrates: sand, mud, organic detritus. Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Despalatović (2005). Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): none

Literature records for Montenegro: Milojević (1986).

Remarks: Collected only by a trawl net.

Zavodnik, D., Legac, M. & Gluhak, T. (2006) An account of the marine fauna of Pag Island (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). Natura Croatica, 15, 65 - 107.

Babic, K. (1913) Beitrage zur Kenntnis einiger Seesterne. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 41, 446 - 460.

Bruno, C. (1972) Echinodermi di Boka Kotorska. Thalassia Salentina, 6, 37 - 46.

Despalatovic, M. (2005) Raznolikost i rasprostranjenost bodljikasa (Echinodermata) kontinentske podine sjevernog i srednjeg Jadrana. [Diversity and distribution of echinoderms (Echinodermata) of the continental shelf of the north and central Adriatic.] PhD thesis, Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Zagreb, 282 pp. (in Croatian)

Karaman, G. & Gamulin-Brida, H. (1970) Contribution aux recherches des bicenoses benthiques du Golfe de Boka Kotorska. Studia Marina, 4, 3 - 42.

Kolosvary, G. v. (1937) Die Echinodermen des Adriatischen Meeres. Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstage von Professor Dr. Embrik Strand, 2, 433 - 473.

Kolosvary, G. v. (1938) Echinodermata iz Boke Kotorske. [Echinoderms from the Bay of Kotor.] Godisnjak Oceanografskog instituta Kraljevine Jugoslavije, 1, 121 - 125. (in Serbo-Croatian)

Kolosvary, G. v. (1940) Uber die geographische Verbreitung einiger adriatischen Echinodermen. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 10, 371 - 381.

Lorenz, J. R. (1863) Physikalische Verhaltnisse und Vertheilung der Organismen im Quarnerischen Golfe. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 379 pp.

Milojevic, S. (1979) Biocenoti c ki pregled faune Echinodermata u Bokokotorskom zalivu. [Bioecoenotic review of the echinoderm fauna in the Bay of Kotor.] II Kongres ekologa Jugoslavije, Zbornik radova, Zagreb, pp. 1859 - 1868. (in Serbian)

Milojevic, S. (1982) Fauna Echinodermata u litoralnom podrucju ispred usca rijeke Bojane. [Echinoderm fauna in the littoral area around the Bojana River mouth.] Biosistematika, 8, 141 - 158. (in Serbian)

Milojevic, S. (1986) Fauna Asteroidea (Echinodermata) u otvorenom litoralnom podrucju juznog Jadrana. [Fauna Asteroidea (Echinodermata) in the open littoral of the south Adriatic).] Studia Marina, 17 - 18, 199 - 213. (in Serbian)

Stjepcevic, J. & Parenzan, P. (1980) Il Golfo delle Bocche di Cattaro - condizioni generali e biocenosi bentoniche con carta ecologica delle sue due baie interne. Studia Marina, 9 - 10, 3 - 149.

Tortonese, E. (1965) Echinodermata, Fauna d' Italia. Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, 422 pp.

Ungaro, N. (1995) Gli echinodermi dei fondi strascicabili dell'Adriatico Pugliese. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 2, 427 - 429.

Vidovic-Matvejev, A. (1978) Catalogue of the Adriatic echinoderms. Acta Adriatica, 17, 1 - 24.

Zavodnik, D. (1960) Echinodermata der Insel Krk. Acta Adriatica, 11, 3 - 19.

Zavodnik, D. (1977) Echinodermata of the island Vir (Adriatic Sea). Biosistematika, 3, 69 - 78.

Zavodnik, D. (1997) Echinodermata of the marine National Park Kornati (Adriatic Sea). Periodicum Biologorum, 99, 367 - 380.

Zavodnik, D. (2003) Marine fauna of Mljet National Park (Adriatic Sea, Croatia) 2. Echinodermata. Acta Adriatica, 44, 105 - 160.

Zavodnik, D., Pallaoro, A., Jaklin, A., Kovacic, M. & Arko-Pijevac, M. (2005) A benthos survey of the Senj Archipelago (North Adriatic Sea, Croatia). Acta Adriatica, 46, 3 - 68.