Myxasteridae
MYXASTERIDAE The Myxasteridae is a family of exclusively abyssal velatid asteroids which includes three taxa, two multi-armed genera Asthenactis and Myxaster and the five-armed Pythonaster , which are known from deep-sea settings in the Pacific and the Atlantic. Recent overviews of this rarely encou...
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3803700 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE8786FF97D56AFF402702FE6E5BCC |
Summary: | MYXASTERIDAE The Myxasteridae is a family of exclusively abyssal velatid asteroids which includes three taxa, two multi-armed genera Asthenactis and Myxaster and the five-armed Pythonaster , which are known from deep-sea settings in the Pacific and the Atlantic. Recent overviews of this rarely encountered family of asteroids are found in Mah et al . (2012) and Alton (1966). Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2020, New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, pp. 201-260 in Zootaxa 4766 (2) on page 243, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3764018 |
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