Astropectinidae
Creators: name: Kašćelan, Slavica
name: Mandić, Sreten
name: Radović, Ivica
name: Krpo-Ćetković, Jasmina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Paxillosida
Astropectinidae

description: Fam: Astropectinidae
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.
description: Published as part of Kašćelan, Slavica, Mandić, Sreten, Radović, Ivica & Krpo-Ćetković, Jasmina, 2009, An annotated checklist of Echinodermata of Montenegro (the south Adriatic Sea), pp. 21-40 in Zootaxa 2275 on pages 27-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191048