Novodinia americana
| Novodinia americana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Brisingida |
| Family: | Brisingidae |
| Genus: | Novodinia |
| Species: | N. americana
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| Binomial name | |
| Novodinia americana | |
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Novodina americana is a species of starfish found of the coast of Greenland. A 2018 study of deep-water starfish species found that N. americana was both bioluminescent and, unexpectedly for an inhabitant of the aphotic zone, to have eyes that have among the highest resolutions found this far among starfish.[2]
Feeding Behaviors
Studies have found that the Novodinia americana is a carnivorous filter feeder that ingests benthopelagic crustaceans (primarily copepods).[3]
References
- ^ Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992). "Novodinia americana (Verrill, 1880)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ Birk, M. H.; Blicher, M. E.; Garm, A. (2018). "Deep-sea starfish from the Arctic have well-developed eyes in the dark". Proc. R. Soc. B. 285 (1872): 20172743. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2743. PMC 5829209. PMID 29436504.
- ^ Gale, Katie S. P.; Hamel, Jean-François; Mercier, Annie (2013-10-01). "Trophic ecology of deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from eastern Canada". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 80: 25–36. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.016. ISSN 0967-0637.