Goniasteridae

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 : 29

Fam: Goniasteridae

Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Material: 9 specimens; stations: S6, S8, t3; depth: 25-120 m; substrates: rocky cliffs within coralligenous communities, sand, mud.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1964, 1997), Tortonese (1965), Despalatović (2005).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (2003).

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