Brisingenes margoae explained

Brisingenes margoae is a species of sea stars belonging to the family Brisingidae.^[1] Brisingids are distinguished from the more conventional five-rayed asteroids by their multiple arms with long-spines upheld into the water column in order to capture food from the water current^[2] Ecologically, brisingids are significant in that they exploit food from pelagic sources, making it available to the benthic nutrient flow, where it might not be otherwise available^[3] Brisingid asteroids have a nearly global distribution, occurring in deep-sea settings in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Southern Oceans.

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brisingenes margoae Mah, 2016 . 2024-02-05 . www.marinespecies.org.
2. Emson . R. H. . Young . C. M. . 1994-02-01 . Feeding mechanism of the brisingid starfish Novodinia antillensis . Marine Biology . en . 118 . 3 . 433–442 . 10.1007/BF00350300 . 1994MarBi.118..433E . 84937005 . 1432-1793.
3. Mah . Christopher L. . 2016-06-01 . A new species of Brisingenes from the Hawaii undersea military munitions assessment area with an overview of Hawaiian brisingid in situ video observations and functional morphology of subambulacral spines (Forcipulatacea; Asteroidea) . Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography . Chemical Munitions Dumped at Sea . 128 . 43–52 . 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.06.003 . 2016DSRII.128...43M . 0967-0645.