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A new species of crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster benziei sp. nov. (Valvatida Acanthasteridae), from the Red Sea

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  • 1. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. & GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. & SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology, Munich, Germany.
  • 2. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
  • 3. GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. & SNSB-Zoological State Collections, Munich, Germany.

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Wörheide, Gert, Kaltenbacher, Emilie, Cowan, Zara-Louise, Haszprunar, Gerhard (2022): A new species of crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster benziei sp. nov. (Valvatida Acanthasteridae), from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 5209 (3): 379-393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.7

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