Solaster E.Forbes 1839
- Dataset
- New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Asteroidea
- order
- Valvatida
- family
- Solasteridae
- genus
- Solaster
biology_ecology
Ecological Notes Solaster sp. 2 was observed over an opening in the rock face where ophiuroids were noticeably present suggesting that it was moving in place to feed. Jangoux (1982) has listed ophiuroids as prey items for several Atlantic species, such as Solaster endeca, to which this species shows some similarity.
description
Figure 18 F
discussion
Images Examined Richardson’s Jellyfish, 32.094912, - 77.665695, 846 m EX 1903 L 2 _ IMG _ 20190701 T 141732 Z _ ROVHD. jpg
discussion
This species displayed nine arms, possessed more abundant paxillae in a close, ordered and nearly imbricate pattern. Similar to Solaster sp. 1, this species also possessed large, distinct, evenly spaced paxillae forming an actinolateral boundary but spines appeared more elongate. Color in life was a light yellow.