Pedicellaster M.Sars 1861

• Main Author: Mah, Christopher L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Perrier; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3803747; https://zenodo.org/record/3803747

Pedicellaster sp. Figure 3D This species was identified based on its abactinal skeleton’s similarity to Pedicellaster and apparent lack of prominent inferomarginal spines. Pedicellaster pourtalesi Perrier 1881 has been collected from this general area, but occurs in 232–549 m versus 2167 m for the observed specimen, making this unlikely. This species displays its arm, tube feet and oral surface wrapped around a colony of sibogolinid worm tubes (Fig. 3D). Although feeding, it is unclear whether it is the worms or the epibionts on the worm tubes which represent the prey item. Image Observed Mud volcano WR488 site, Gulf of Mexico 26.47179, -91.7235, 2167 m EX1803_IMG_20180420T174749Z_ROVHD.jpg : Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2020, New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, pp. 201-260 in Zootaxa 4766 (2) on page 210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3764018 : {"references": ["Perrier, E. (1881) Report on the Results of dredging in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877 - 79, by the United States Coastal Survey Steamer Blake. 14. Description sommaire des especes nouvelles d'Asteries. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 9, 1 - 31."]}