Wood-associated sea stars of the genus Caymanostella (Asteroidea, Caymanostellidae) from the collection of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
Citation
Dilman A (2021). Wood-associated sea stars of the genus Caymanostella (Asteroidea, Caymanostellidae) from the collection of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. Version 1.3. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hm4ggk accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The collection of ocean benthic fauna of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (IORAS) contains 14 specimens of rare deep-sea asteroids of the genus Caymanostella, including 11 specimens from the Cayman trench which were used for establishing the genus and family. Caymanastellids are often reported to be associated with sunken wood. They are suggested to prey on the surface microbial film on waterlogged wood. The IORAS collection includes 3 species, C. spinimarginata, C. admiranda and C. madagascarensis. The dataset also includes 3 specimens of C. cf. spinimarginata collected in KuramBio II expedition in the Kurile-Kamchatka Trench, currently stored in IORAS, but will be later deposited in Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt.Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Cayman Trench, east part, Oriente trough; Kuril-Kamchatka trench area, northwest Pacific; West Pacific; Indian Ocean
Bibliographic Citations
- Anna B Dilman, Kirill V Minin, Nikolay B Petrov, New record of the wood-associated sea star Caymanostella, with notes on the phylogenetic position of the family Caymanostellidae (Asteroidea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021 - https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab060
Contacts
Anna Dilmanoriginator
position: scientist
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
Moscow
RU
email: annadilman@gmail.com
Anna Dilman
metadata author
position: scientist
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
Moscow
RU
email: annadilman@gmail.com
Anna Dilman
administrative point of contact
position: scientist
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
Moscow
RU
email: annadilman@gmail.com