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Mediaster Stimpson 1857

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Description

Mediaster Stimpson 1857

Stimpson 1857: 530; Perrier 1894: 377; Verrill 1899: 178; Fisher 1911: 196; Verrill 1914: 295, 1915: 108; Fisher 1919: 255; Macan 1938: 369; H.L. Clark 1946: 83; Bernasconi 1963: 11; Halpern 1970: 202; Clark and Downey 1992: 251; A.M. Clark 1993: 262 (checklist); Rowe & Gates 1995: 65 (checklist); H.E.S. Clark & McKnight 2001: 69; Mah 2016: 118 (as Mediaster)

Verrill 1894: 257 (as Isaster)

Diagnosis. Goniasterid genus with tabulate abactinal plates displaying internally radiating ossicles from base of each plate. Abactinal tabulae plates with granules or spinelets. Abactinal plates in most, extending to arm tip, but exceptionally with distalmost superomarginals abutting. Abactinal, marginal, actinal surface covered by granules.

Comments. Mediaste r includes 15 species, two in the Atlantic, 10 in the Pacific, one South African species and one from the Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark 1993). One species, Mediaster ornatus, is widespread and occurs in both the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Macan, 1938). Mah (2016) reassigned “ Mediaster ” elegans to Bathyceramaster owing to the absence of a stellate radiating base, which has been historically identified as a synapomorphy for Mediaster.

Two species, Mediaster ornatus and Mediaster murrayi have been historically recorded from the Indian Ocean as documented by Macan (1938). Brief descriptions of these species are included herein for convenience and completeness. Three new species from Indian Ocean are included.

Notes

Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2018, New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean, pp. 1-116 in Zootaxa 4539 (1) on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2615911

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/193787A0FFD6FFAAF4CBF84D4719C8A0

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/2615911 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/E50EFFD8FFE2FF9FF45CFFC04464CA17 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/2C72727B-79C5-407F-BD92-B12F98196800 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/193787A0FFD6FFAAF4CBF84D4719C8A0 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/154521946 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/27726/taxon/193787A0FFD6FFAAF4CBF84D4719C8A0.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Goniasteridae
Genus
Mediaster
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Valvatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Stimpson
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Mediaster Stimpson, 1857 sec. Mah, 2018

References

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  • Perrier, E. (1894) Stellerides. Expedition Scientifique Travailleur-Talismann, 3, 1 - 431.
  • Verrill, A. E. (1899) Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10 (1), 145 - 234. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 7031
  • Fisher, W. K. (1911) Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76, xiii + 1 - 420. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.76. i
  • Verrill, A. E. (1914) Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum, 14, 1 - 408. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 25926
  • Fisher, W. K. (1919) Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 3 (100), 1 - 547, 156 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.1126 / science. 50.1293.348
  • Macan, T. T. (1938) Asteroidea. British Museum of Natural History, John Murray Expedition 1933 - 34, Scientific Reports, IV (9), 324 - 432.
  • Clark, H. L. (1946) The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. No. 566. Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington, D. C., 567 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1086 / 395951
  • Bernasconi, I. (1963) Asteroideos argentinos. 4. Familia Goniasteridae. Revista Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia. Zoologia, 9 (1), 1 - 25, pls. 1 - 5.
  • Halpern, J. A. (1970) Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science, 20 (1), 193 - 286.
  • Clark, A. M. & Downey, M. E. (1992) Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman and Hall, London, 794 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5860 / choice. 30 - 2659
  • Clark, A. M. (1993) An index of names of recent Asteroidea-Part 2: Valvatida. E chinoderm Studies, 4, 187 - 366.
  • Rowe, F. W. E. & Gates, J. (1995) Echinodermata. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Fol. 33. CSIRO, Melbourne, pp. 1 - 510. https: // doi. org / 10.1086 / 419606
  • Clark, H. E. S. & McKnight, D. G. (2001) The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars), Order Valvatida. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 117, 1 - 270.
  • Mah, C. L. (2016) Deep-sea (> 1000 m) Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the North Pacific, including an overview of Sibogaster, Bathyceramaster n. gen. and three new species. Zootaxa, 4175 (2), 101 - 141. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4175.2.1