Culcita Agassiz 1836
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2023.82.08 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12214423 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D37F87D9-DD2E-FFD0-FC9E-FA6DEFE8F8D9 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Culcita Agassiz 1836 |
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Culcita Agassiz 1836 View in CoL
Diagnosis. Adults large with massive pentagonal, strongly arched body and confluent arms. Abactinal-lateral and actinolateral edges round, producing a nearly circular appearance. Marginal plate limits and body surface concealed by thickened, granule-invested dermis. Pore areas well developed but irregular to confluent. Actinal granules, granule-invested dermis dense, obscuring limits of the plates. Modified from Marsh and Fromont (2020).
Small individuals of Culcita are more flattened and pentagonal and appear more “goniasterid-like” ( Kano et al., 1991).
Comments. Culcita includes three accepted species, C. novaeguineae , C. coriacea and C. schmideliana , known from Indo-Pacific, Red Sea and Indian Ocean habitats respectively.
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