Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands

Two new species of Solaster, and a new species of Pteraster are described from the nearshore waters of the Aleutian Islands and compared to congeners from the region. Solaster hexactis sp. nov., S. spectabilis sp. nov., and Pteraster willsi sp. nov., are distinguished by the characteristics of the p...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: CLARK, ROGER N., JEWETT, STEPHEN C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2011
Subjects:
Echinodermata
Solaster
Pteraster
Biodiversity
New species
AKMAP
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3051.1.1
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3051.1.1
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Summary:Two new species of Solaster, and a new species of Pteraster are described from the nearshore waters of the Aleutian Islands and compared to congeners from the region. Solaster hexactis sp. nov., S. spectabilis sp. nov., and Pteraster willsi sp. nov., are distinguished by the characteristics of the paxillar, marginal and adambulacral spines, and (in Solaster), the number of rays. The distributions of the new species and keys are provided.

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