Solasteridae Viguier 1878 ...

• Main Author: Mah, Christopher L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Valvatida; Solasteridae; Antarctic; Forbes; Pacific; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8092139; https://zenodo.org/record/8092139

SOLASTERIDAE Viguier, 1878 Comments The Solasteridae are among the most visible among Antarctic asteroids, including genera, such as Lophaster Verrill, 1878 and Paralophaster Fisher, 1940 which includes among the largest species [e.g., Lophaster gaini Koehler, 1912b up to R= 8–9 cm and Paralophaster antarcticus (Koehler, 1912a) up to R=16.0 cm] in the Southern Ocean. Solasterids, which historically included Cuenotaster until 2011, are among the more regularly documented asteroid taxa reported in monographs of Antarctic Asteroidea (e.g., Fisher 1940; Koehler 1912a, 1912b, 1920; A.M. Clark 1962; H.E.S. Clark 1963), implying they are significant members of the benthic community at high-latitudes. It is surprising that so little has been documented regarding their basic biology, including feeding habits and other ecological information, especially given that where solasterids have been studied (e.g., Solaster Forbes, 1839 in the Pacific Northwest), they are important predators, playing significant roles in ... : 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 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5310.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8090240 ...