Ceramaster australis H.E.S. Clark 2001 ...

• Main Author: Mah, Christopher L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Valvatida; Goniasteridae; Ceramaster; Ceramaster australis; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6184323; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6184323

Ceramaster australis H.E.S. Clark, 2001 in Clark & McKnight, 2001 (Figure 1 A–E) H.E.S. Clark in H.E.S. Clark and McKnight, 2001: 36 (as Ceramaster patagonicus australis) Distribution. Macquarie Ridge and New Caledonia, 148– 590 m. Comments. Although placed as a subspecies of C. patagonicus, a number of characters, including the swollen marginals, the differing number of furrow spines, the absence of pedicellariae from the marginal plates, and the subambulacral spine arrangement and number support separation of this taxon from C. patagonicus. Based only on the description, Ceramaster cognatus McKnight, 2006 may be a synonym of C. australis H.E.S. Clark, 2001. Shared characters include the swollen marginals, the flattened abactinals with angular granules, and similar furrow spine morphology. Ceramaster australis has 18–19 marginal plates per interradius at R= 42 mm with four to six adambulacral furrow spines whereas C. cognatus has 20–21 marginals per interradius at R= 46 mm with five to six adambulacral ... : 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 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276783 ...