Ceramaster Verrill 1899 ...

• Main Author: Mah, Christopher L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Valvatida; Goniasteridae; Ceramaster; Antarc*; Antarctic; Arctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6184321; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6184321

Ceramaster Verrill, 1899 Tosia (Ceramaster) Verrill, 1899: 161 Ceramaster Fisher, 1906: 1054; 1911: 162, 204; Verrill, 1914: 289; Koehler, 1924: 173; Mortensen, 1927: 80; Djakonov, 1950: 38; Tortonese & A.M. Clark, 1956: 347; Halpern, 1970b: 62; 1970c: 212; 1970: 62; Downey, 1973: 49; McKnight, 1973: 178; Downey, 1973: 49; A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 61; Clark & Downey, 1992: 231; Downey in Clark & Downey, 1992: 231 Philonaster Koehler, 1909: 78 [type species Pentagonaster (Philonaster) mortenseni Koehler, 1909] Tosiaster Verrill, 1914 Diagnosis. (See comments below). Body outline pentagonal in most (i.e., R/r=1.1 to 1.5) with some becoming more stellate. Abactinal plates tabulate, granules present on abactinal plates, marginals, actinal plates. Fasciolar grooves present among abactinal, marginal plates. Bare “patch” on dorsal facing of superomarginal plates. Comments. The genus Ceramaster includes 17 nominal species from the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans (A.M. Clark, ... : Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2011, Taxonomy of high-latitude Goniasteridae (Subantarctic & Antarctic): one new genus, and three new species with an overview and key to taxa, pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 2759 on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276783 ...