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Atheraster symphonia Mah 2022

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Atheraster symphonia Mah 2022

Diagnosis. Strongly stellate body (R/r=3.85), arms elongate. Abactinal and actinal plate surfaces covered by continuous layer of coarse granules. Superomarginal and inferomarginal plates with 1–3 conical spines, but surface is otherwise smooth. Furrow spines, 8–12. Paddle-shaped pedicellariae present on adambulacral plate.

Occurrence. North Pacific, Sibelius Seamount (Musicians Seamounts), 27º15'N, 160º38'W, 2437 m.

Notes

Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2023, New Goniasteridae and in situ observations significant to deep-sea coral predation, pp. 1-35 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 83 on page 10, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.01

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Mah
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Order
Valvatida
Family
Goniasteridae
Genus
Atheraster
Species
symphonia
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Atheraster symphonia Mah, 2022 sec. Mah, 2023

References

  • Mah, C. L. 2022. New genera, species and occurrence of deep-sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the tropical Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition. Zootaxa 5164 (1): 1 - 75. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5164.1.1