Life history of the Antarctic sea star Labidiaster annulatus (Asteroidea: Labidiasteridae) revealed by DNA barcoding

• Main Authors: Alexis M. Janosik, Andrew R. Mahon, Rudolf S. Scheltema, Kenneth M. Halanych
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Kerguelen; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; Bransfield Strait; Webb; Shag Rocks; Dearborn; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.421.3714; http://gump.auburn.edu/halanych/lab/Pub.pdfs/Janosik2008.pdf

(9–50) voracious Antarctic sea star with numerous large, conspicuous crossed pedicellariae. An active and opportunistic predator, it commonly preys upon euphausiids, amphipods, and small fish in the water column (Dearborn et al. 1991). Labidiaster annulatus is distributed around the Antarctic, Kergu...