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Neoferdina cumingi    (Gray 1840)  
Cuming's Sea Star

Elizabeth Buckby (2013)
 

 

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Summary


Physical Description


Ecology


Life History & Behaviour


Feeding & Digestion


Reproduction & Development


Gas Exchange


Anatomy & Physiology


Sensory System


Water Vascular System and Locomotion


External Anatomy


Evolution & Systematics


Biogeographic Distribution


Conservation & Threats


References & Links

References & Links

Antokhina, TI & Britayev, TA2012, ‘Sea stars and their macrosymbionts in the Bay Of Nhatrang, SouthernVietnam’, Paleontological Journal, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 894-908.

Australian Museum: Lizard Island Research Station 2009, Neoferdina cumingi, Viewed 21stOctober 2013,<http://www.gaiaguide.info/lirs/Group.html?groupId=MnIeZg68>

Dale, J 1999, ‘Coordination of chemosensory orientation in the starfish Asterias forbesi’, Marine &Freshwater Behaviour & Physiology, vol. 32, no.1, pp.57-71.

Gooding, RA, Harley, CD, & Tang, E 2009, ‘Elevated water temperature and carbon dioxide concentration increase the growth of a keystone echinoderm’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol.106, no.23,pp.9316-9321.

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Jangoux, M 1984, ‘Les asterides littoraux de Nouvelle-Caledonie’. Bulletindu Museum National D’Histoire Naturelle (Zoologie) 4th., vol. 6A, no.2, pp. 279-293

Knott, KE & Wray, GA 2000, ‘Controversy and consensus in asteroid systematics: new insights to ordinal and familial relationships’, American Zoologist, vol. 40, no.3, pp.382-392.

Lafay, B, Smith, AB & Christen, R 1995, ‘A combined morphological and molecular approach to the phylogeny of asteroids (Asteroidea:Echinodermata)’ Systematic Biology, vol. 44, no. 2, pp.190-208.

Lambert, P 2000, Sea Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Puget Sound, UBC Press.

Naughton, KM, & O'Hara, TD 2009,‘A new brooding species of the biscuit star Tosia (Echinodermata: Asteroidea:Goniasteridae), distinguished by molecular, morphological and larval characters’, Invertebrate Systematics, vol. 23, no. 4, pp.348-366.

Ocean Biogeographic InformationSystem 2012, Distribution Map: Neoferdina cumingi, Viewed 15thOctober 2013, <http://www.iobis.org/mapper/?taxon_id=648432>

Perkins, LA, Hedgecock, EM, Thomson, JN, & Culotti, JG 1986, ‘Mutant sensory cilia in the nematode< i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>’, Developmental biology, vol. 117, no.2, pp.456-487.

Ruppert, E, Fox, RS, & Barnes,RD 2004, Invertebrate Zoology, A Functional Evolutionary Approach, Cengage Learning, USA.

Stronkhorst, J, Ariese, F, VanHattum, B, Postma, JF, De Kluijver, M, Den Besten, PJ, Bergman, MJN, Daan, R, Murk, AJ, & Vethaak, AD 2003, ‘Environmental impact and recovery at two dumping sites for dredged material in the North Sea’ Environmental Pollution, vol.124, no. 1, no. 17-31.

Tokeshi, M 1991, ‘Extraoral and intraoral feeding: flexible foraging tactics in the South American sun‐star, Heliaster helianthus’, Journal of Zoology,vol. 225, no. 3, pp.439-447.

Ullrich-Lüter, EM, Dupont, S, Arboleda, E, Hausen, H, & Arnone, MI 2011, ‘Unique system of photoreceptors in sea urchin tube feet’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol.108, no.20, pp.8367-8372.

Whittle, KJ & Blumer, M 1970, A predator-prey relationship. Sea stars-bivalves. The chemical basis of the response of Asterias vulgaristo Crassostrea virginica, (No.WHOI-Ref-70-20), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Yamaguchi, M 1975, ‘Coral-reef asteroids of Guam’, Biotropica, vol. 7, no. 1, pp.12-23.

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