Open AccessSome observations on the morphology of Sclerasterias richardi a rarely encountered Mediterranean Sea star (Echinodermata: Asteriidae)
Author(s) -
Francesco Mastrototaro,
Constantine Mifsud
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
mediterranean marine science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1791-6763
pISSN - 1108-393X
DOI - 10.12681/mms.135
Subject(s) - morphology (biology) , maltese , asteroid , mediterranean climate , mediterranean sea , zoology , star (game theory) , geography , biology , astrobiology , ecology , physics , astrophysics , linguistics , philosophy
The presence of specimens of the asteroid Sclerasterias richardi(Perrier, 1882) in Maltese waters,with some new details of its morphology (observed by SEM) and with special reference to its madreporites,is reported.