Asterias microdiscus
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| Asterias microdiscus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Forcipulatida |
| Family: | Asteriidae |
| Genus: | Asterias |
| Species: | A. microdiscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Asterias microdiscus Djakonov, 1950 | |
Asterias microdiscus 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 Avacha Bay in the Pacific Ocean, off the southeastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, at a depth of 18m in 6.5°C water, in 1912.[4] Djakonov also named a forma brandtii.[1]
It has also been recovered around Karaginsky Island.[1]
The holotype was found on a silt substrate.[4] It has been found at depths of 3-10m,[1] perhaps 18m.[4]