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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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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spelling ftmagnoliapress:oai:ojs.mapress.com:article/12023 2023-05-15T18:48:46+02:00 Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands CLARK, ROGER N. JEWETT, STEPHEN C. 2011-10-07 application/pdf https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3051.1.1 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3051.1.1 eng eng Mangolia Press https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3051.1.1/20759 Copyright (c) 2015 Magnolia press Zootaxa; Vol 3051, No 1: 7 Oct. 2011; 1–13 1175-5334 1175-5326 10.11646/zootaxa.3051.1 Echinodermata Solaster Pteraster Biodiversity New species AKMAP Alaska info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2011 ftmagnoliapress https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3051.1.1 2019-03-12T15:59:08Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alaska Aleutian Islands Magnolia press Zootaxa 3051 1 1
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topic Echinodermata
Solaster
Pteraster
Biodiversity
New species
AKMAP
Alaska
spellingShingle Echinodermata
Solaster
Pteraster
Biodiversity
New species
AKMAP
Alaska
CLARK, ROGER N.
JEWETT, STEPHEN C.
Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands
topic_facet Echinodermata
Solaster
Pteraster
Biodiversity
New species
AKMAP
Alaska
description 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.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author CLARK, ROGER N.
JEWETT, STEPHEN C.
author_facet CLARK, ROGER N.
JEWETT, STEPHEN C.
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title Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands
title_short Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands
title_full Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands
title_fullStr Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands
title_full_unstemmed Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands
title_sort three new sea stars (asteroidea: solasteridae & pterasteridae) from the aleutian islands
publisher Mangolia Press
publishDate 2011
url https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3051.1.1
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