Cladaster salebra
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| Cladaster salebra | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Goniasteridae |
| Genus: | Cladaster |
| Species: | C. salebra |
| Binomial name | |
| Cladaster salebra Mah, 2026 | |
Cladaster salebra is a species of sea star in the family Goniasteridae found off New Caledonia.[1]
The species epithet salebra is Latin for "a rough road".[1]
Taxonomy and systematics
This species is differentiated based on the presence of 6 furrow spines as well as the presence of abactinal plates extending to the arm terminus. Other Cladaster species possess 2 to 4 furrow spines and are all known to possess abutted superomarginals across the arm radius. Cladaster salebra displays subambulacral pedicellariae, which are absent on the Indian Ocean Cladaster katafractarius and the high-latitude Cladaster analogus.[1]