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Solaster Forbes 1839

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Description

Solaster Forbes, 1839

Forbes, 1839: 120; Gray 1840: 183; Danielssen & Koren 1882: 50; Sladen 1889: 452; Perrier 1894: 151; Acloque 1900: 256; Fisher 1911: 306; Hayashi 1939: 297; 1940: 174; Djakonov 1950: 65; Bernasconi 1964: 258, 1970: 249; Clark & Downey 1992: 301.

Diagnosis

Arms 7 to 17. Abactinal skeleton composed of close-set cruciform or rounded plates (paxillae also referred to as pseudopaxillae) with non-penicillate spinelets. Papular pores single. Marginal plates paxillate in some species, disproportionately sized small superomarginals similar in stature to abactinal paxillae, inferomarginals, prominent, 3×–4× larger than abactinal paxillae, evenly spaced along arm length. Actinal plates spinose with multifid tips. Subambulacral spines forming distinct transverse fans. Furrow spines palmate, unwebbed.

Comments

A review of Solaster species from Stampanato & Jangoux (1993) with other species from outside the Antarctic region (e.g., Clark & Downey 1992), reveals that morphological boundaries for several species, especially those from deep-water habitats, are unclear with named species from disjunct and distant settings similar enough as to appear identical, earlier exemplified by the synonymy of Solaster dianae Stampanato & Jangoux 1993 with Solaster notophrynus Downey 1971 which occurs in tropical Atlantic deep-sea settings. Specimens of Solaster regularis subarcuatus Sladen, 1889, from the Ross Sea and adjacent regions are nearly identical with the deep-sea North Atlantic Solaster abyssicola Verrill 1885.

Notes

Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2023, New Genera, Species, and observations on the biology of Antarctic Valvatida (Asteroidea), pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 5310 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5310.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8090240

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C387E86677FFA4FF68E2928475FEA6

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5310.1.1 (DOI)
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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55246/taxon/03C387E86677FFA4FF68E2928475FEA6.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Solasteridae
Genus
Solaster
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Valvatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Forbes
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Solaster Forbes, 1839 sec. Mah, 2023

References

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  • Gray, J. E. (1840) XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History, 6, 175 - 184 + 275 - 290. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745484009443296
  • Danielssen, D. C. & Koren, J. (1882) Fra den norske Nordhavsexpedition, Echinodermer. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, 27, 267 - 299.
  • Sladen, W. P. (1889) Asteroidea. Report of the Scientific Results of H. M. S. Challenger, 30, 1 - 893.
  • Perrier, E. (1894) Stellerides. Expeditions Scientifique Travailleur et du Talisman, 3, 1 - 431, 26 pls.
  • Acloque, A. (1900) Faune de France contenant la description de toutes les especes indigenes- avec un preface par E. Perrier. Bailliere, Paris, 500 pp.
  • 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
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  • Hayashi, R. (1940) Contributions to the Classification of the sea-stars of Japan. I. Spinulosa. Journal of the Faculty of Imperial Science of Hokkaido University, 6 (7), 107 - 204.
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  • Bernasconi, I. (1970) Equinodermos Antarticos. II. Asteroideos. 3. Asteroideos de la extremidad Norte de la Peninsula Antarctica. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales " Bernardino Rivadavia " e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales, 9 (10), 211 - 281, 20 pls.
  • Clark, A. M. & Downey, M. E. (1992) Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman and Hall, London, 794 pp.
  • Stampanato, S. & Jangoux, M. (1993) Les asterides (Echinodermata) de la Baie Breid (Cote de la Princesse Ragnhild, quartier Enderby, Antarctique), avec la description d'une nouvelle espece de Solaster. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 63, 175 - 184.
  • Downey, M. (1971) A new species of the genus Solaster (Echinodermata; Asteroidea) from Martinique. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 84, 39 - 42.
  • Verrill, A. E. (1885) Results of the explorations made by the steamer Albatross off the northern coast of the United States in 1883. Reports of the US Fisheries Commission, 503 - 645 (1 - 142), pls. 10 - 21. [1883] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12059