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Ceramaster Verrill 1899

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Ceramaster Verrill, 1899

Verrill, 1899: 161 [as Tosia (Ceramaster)]

Fisher, 1906: 1054; 1911: 162, 204; Verrill, 1914: 289; Koehler, 1924: 173; Mortensen, 1927: 80; Djakonov, 1950: 38; Tortonese & A.M. Clark, 1956: 347; Halpern, 1970b: 62; 1970c: 212; 1970: 62; Downey, 1973: 49; McKnight, 1973: 178; Downey, 1973: 49; A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 61; Downey in Clark & Downey, 1992: 231; A.M. Clark 1993: 247; H.E.S. Clark & McKnight 2001: 32, Mah 2011: 5 (as Ceramaster)

Koehler, 1909: 78 [type species Pentagonaster (Philonaster) mortenseni Koehler, 1909] (as Philonaster) Verrill, 1914: 292 (As Tosiaster)

Comments. Several issues surround the genus Ceramaster, including uncertainty regarding its monophyly and overlap with such genera as Peltaster (Mah 2011).

I argue that species described herein most closely resembles the type species, C. grenadensis and share several fundamental synapomorphies, including the presence of wide (W>L) inferomarginal plates, strongly abactinal facing superomarginal plates, and a flattened, pentagonal body shape (R/r<2.0). These characters serve to separate C. clarki, C. grenadensis, C. japonicus, C. leptoceramus, C. smithi and C. pointsurae n. sp. from Bathyceramaster.

Descriptions of some Ceramaster sp., including Ceramaster glasbyi McKnight 1993 display a more stellate shape and lack fasciolar grooves. These will need to be considered more thoroughly pending an overview of the 16 species nominally assigned to Ceramaster.

Notes

Published as part of Mah, Christopher 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, pp. 101-141 in Zootaxa 4175 (2) on pages 112-113, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257286

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Biodiversity

Family
Goniasteridae
Genus
Ceramaster
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Valvatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Verrill
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ceramaster Verrill, 1899 sec. Mah, 2016

References

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