Solaster spectabilis Clark & Jewett, 2011, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Clark, Roger N., Jewett, Stephen C.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Valvatida; Solasteridae; Solaster; Solaster spectabilis; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611031; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5611031

Solaster spectabilis sp. nov. Figures 7–12 Solaster dawsoni non Verrill, Fisher, 1911: 313 (pars); D’yakonov, 1950: 59 (pars); Kessler, 1985: 197 (pars). Type locality. Alaska, Aleutian Islands, SW of Tanaga Island (51° 44.50 N, 178° 07.68 W), 95 meters. Type material. Table 2. Type Deposition & No. of Collection Site Collection Collection Date Collector & Specimens Depth, m Method Paratypes LACM 2010- Petrel Bank 93 m 19 July, 2010 N. Roberson, 0 38.001 52° 13.09 N, 179° 58.12 E; trawled, R/ V 2 specimens, Eth. NMFS 143- 201001 -146 Sea Storm Description. Large ten-rayed form (rarely 11), Holotype, R = 135 mm, r = 43 mm; R:r = 3.1. Disc broad, rays relatively long, tapering to slender tips. Dorsal side (Fig. 8) moderately inflated, rather thin. Papular pores numerous, in groups of two or three; papulae relatively large. Abactinal plates small, Y or cruciform, closely imbricating. Pseudopaxillae (Fig. 9) small, spaced and bearing 12–25 short spinelets. Madreporite relatively large, with irregular ... : Published as part of Clark, Roger N. & Jewett, Stephen C., 2011, Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands, pp. 1-13 in Zootaxa 3051 on pages 5-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.202819 ...