Asterias argonauta
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| Asterias argonauta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Forcipulatida |
| Family: | Asteriidae |
| Genus: | Asterias |
| Species: | A. argonauta |
| Binomial name | |
| Asterias argonauta Djakonov, 1950 | |
Asterias argonauta is a starfish native to the Pacific coasts of Far East Russia.[1]
The species was first described by Alexander Michailovitsch Djakonov in 1950,[1][2][3] with the holotype collected in 1925 in the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan near the Basargin Lighthouse, at a depth of 20m in the waters off Primorsky Krai.[4][5]
It has also been recovered in Chemulpo Bay, in northwestern South Korea.[1]
It has been found on silty sand or pebble substrates.[4] It has been found at depths of 1-32m.[1]