Chitonaster Sladen 1889 ...

• Main Author: Mah, Christopher L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Valvatida; Goniasteridae; Chitonaster; Antarc*; Antarctic; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6184326; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6184326

Chitonaster Sladen,1889 Sladen, 1889: 282; Spencer & Wright, 1966: U58; A.M. Clark, 1993: 250; (as Chitonaster) H.E.S. Clark, 1971: 545; A.M. Clark, 1993: 275 (as Pentoplia) Diagnosis. Body stellate. Abactinal plates flattened, scalar, overlapping and forming relatively thin body wall. Fasciolar channels weakly present to absent. Plate surface bare in most or with single large granule, blunt cylindrical and/or pointed spines, peripheral accessories absent. Marginal plates face laterally. Large pedicellariae, either bivalve or with enlarged flange-like valves (in C. felli, Fig. 5 B, D). Furrow spines one to three, typically two. Comments. Chitonaster occurs only in the Southern Ocean and adjacent waters and was among the rarest taxa encountered by Manjon-Cabeza et al. (2001). Chitonaster Sladen 1889 has not been reviewed since its original description and significant collections of new material have yielded further insight into classification and diversity within Chitonaster. This includes the synonymy of ... : 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 10-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276783 ...