Solaster Forbes 1839 ...

Solaster Forbes, 1839 Forbes, 1839: 120; Gray 1840: 183; Danielssen & Koren 1882: 50; Sladen 1889: 452; Perrier 1894: 151; Acloque 1900: 256; Fisher 1911: 306; Hayashi 1939: 297; 1940: 174; Djakonov 1950: 65; Bernasconi 1964: 258, 1970: 249; Clark & Downey 1992: 301. Diagnosis Arms 7 to 17....

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Main Author: Mah, Christopher L.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2023
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Valvatida
Solasteridae
Solaster
Antarctic
Forbes
Koren
Perrier
Sladen
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8090229
https://zenodo.org/record/8090229
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Summary:Solaster Forbes, 1839 Forbes, 1839: 120; Gray 1840: 183; Danielssen & Koren 1882: 50; Sladen 1889: 452; Perrier 1894: 151; Acloque 1900: 256; Fisher 1911: 306; Hayashi 1939: 297; 1940: 174; Djakonov 1950: 65; Bernasconi 1964: 258, 1970: 249; Clark & Downey 1992: 301. Diagnosis Arms 7 to 17. Abactinal skeleton composed of close-set cruciform or rounded plates (paxillae also referred to as pseudopaxillae) with non-penicillate spinelets. Papular pores single. Marginal plates paxillate in some species, disproportionately sized small superomarginals similar in stature to abactinal paxillae, inferomarginals, prominent, 3×–4× larger than abactinal paxillae, evenly spaced along arm length. Actinal plates spinose with multifid tips. Subambulacral spines forming distinct transverse fans. Furrow spines palmate, unwebbed. Comments A review of Solaster species from Stampanato & Jangoux (1993) with other species from outside the Antarctic region (e.g., Clark & Downey 1992), reveals that morphological ... : Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2023, New Genera, Species, and observations on the biology of Antarctic Valvatida (Asteroidea), pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 5310 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5310.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8090240 ...

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