Leptychaster kerguelenensis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Southwest Atlantic: Redescription and geographic distribution

• Main Authors: Romanelli Michel, Mariela Vanina, Tablado, Alejandro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Magnolia Press
• Subjects: Astropectinidae; Subantartica; Mar Argentino; Kerguelen; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Kerguelen Islands; Argentino; Argentina; Argentine; Vanina
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/69582

The only two specimens of Leptychaster spp. reported from Southwest Atlantic, were determined as L. kerguelenensis mendosus by Fisher (1940). Twelve specimens of Leptychaster kerguelenensis from Argentine continental shelf collected by the R/V Shinkai Maru, and two specimens from Kerguelen Islands c...