Novodinia americana

Novodinia americana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Brisingida
Family:	Brisingidae
Genus:	Novodinia
Species:	N. americana
Binomial name
Novodinia americana (Verrill, 1880) [1]
Synonyms
Brisinga americana Verrill, 1880

Novodina americana is a species of starfish found of the coast of Greenland. A 2018 study of deep-water starfish species found that N. americana was both bioluminescent and, unexpectedly for an inhabitant of the aphotic zone, to have eyes that have among the highest resolutions found this far among starfish. ^[2]

Feeding Behaviors

Studies have found that the Novodinia americana is a carnivorous filter feeder that ingests benthopelagic crustaceans (primarily copepods). ^[3]

References

1. Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992). "Novodinia americana (Verrill, 1880)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 February 2018.
2. Birk, M. H.; Blicher, M. E.; Garm, A. (2018). "Deep-sea starfish from the Arctic have well-developed eyes in the dark". Proc. R. Soc. B. 285 (1872): 20172743. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2743. PMC   5829209 . PMID   29436504.
3. Gale, Katie S. P.; Hamel, Jean-François; Mercier, Annie (2013-10-01). "Trophic ecology of deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from eastern Canada" . Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 80: 25–36. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.016. ISSN   0967-0637.