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Researched by | Morvan Barnes | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | Müller & Troschel, 1842 | ||
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Asteronyx loveni displays the characteristic brittle star body plan with a flat central disc and five distinctly demarcated thin arms. As a member of the order Euryalida, its arms are usually moved vertically and the discs and arms are covered with thick skin. It has long, unbranched arms, up to 35 cm in length, that coil towards the ends. Asteronyx loveni has a fairly large disc, up to 3.5 cm in diameter. It is pink or reddish in colour.
A sausage-shaped copepod, Chordeumium obesum, is sometimes found in surface crevices of the brittlestar (Southward & Campbell, 2006).
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Last Updated: 22/05/2008