Hippasteria aleutica 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; Goniasteridae; Hippasteria; Hippasteria aleutica; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6193268; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6193268

Hippasteria aleutica sp. nov. Figs. 1–7 Hippasteria sp. Barr & Barr, 1983: 175. Type locality. Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Rat Island (51º 49.594 N 178º 27.184 E), 13 m, (AKALE 07-A0031). Type material. Type Deposition Collection Location Collection Collection Date Collector & Method Depth, m Holotype LACM 2008 - 030.001 Rat Island 51 º 49.594 N, 13 June 8, 2008 R.N. Clark, scuba 1 specimen dry 178º 27.184 E, 13 m. AKALE 07-A0031 Paratype USNM 1125124 Chuginadak Is 17 June 16, 2006 H. Chenelot, scuba 1 specimen dry 52° 48.289 N 169° 42.526 W AKALE 06-0010 Paratype USNM E47392 Kiska Is 91 July 31, 1997 R.N. Clark, trawled 1 specimen dry 52° 04.17 N R/V Dominator 177° 15.20 E NMFS 23-199701-199 Additional material. Diagnosis. Large, broad, relatively rigid, R to 11 cm, R:r 1.7–1.8 (Figs. 1–2); disc very broad, rays short, sharply tapering; abactinal and marginal plates surrounded by pointed granules or thorns, bearing relatively short, thick, blunt, cylindrical spines; abactinal surface also profusely ... : Published as part of Clark, Roger N. & Jewett, Stephen C., 2011, A new sea star of the genus Hippasteria (Asteroidea: Goniasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands, pp. 48-54 in Zootaxa 2963 on pages 49-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278198 ...