Peltaster placenta
Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Figure 14 A–C Comments Peltaster is a widely occurring goniasterid, containing two Pacific and one Atlantic species, all of which display widespread occurrence. Peltaster placenta for example has been documented on both sides of the Atlantic and acros...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:3803718 2024-09-15T18:14:22+00:00 Peltaster placenta Mah, Christopher L. 2020-04-20 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3803718 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE8786FFA2D55FFF40218EFCC7581C unknown Zenodo https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1 http://zenodo.org/record/3764018 http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF97FFFEFFBDD540FFD72117FFDE5D28 https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03AE8786FFA2D55FFF40218EFCC7581C https://www.gbif.org/species/163737325 https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/22829/taxon/03AE8786FFA2D55FFF40218EFCC7581C.taxon https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3764046 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B47DC09C-181A-4DFE-B415-770AFFC11BD3 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3803717 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3803718 oai:zenodo.org:3803718 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE8786FFA2D55FFF40218EFCC7581C info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode 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), 232, (2020-04-20) Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Goniasteridae Peltaster Peltaster placenta info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2020 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.380371810.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.110.5281/zenodo.376404610.5281/zenodo.3803717 2024-07-26T21:45:30Z Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Figure 14 A–C Comments Peltaster is a widely occurring goniasterid, containing two Pacific and one Atlantic species, all of which display widespread occurrence. Peltaster placenta for example has been documented on both sides of the Atlantic and across a broad bathymetric range, from 10 to over 1000 m depths. Although differentiated from Ceramaster and Sphaeriodiscus , the morphological boundaries between these two genera and Peltaster has been historically difficult to establish (e.g. see Mah 2018). All three genera demonstrate pentagonal body shape with relatively large marginal plates and granule-covered abactinal plates. Sphaeriodiscus and Peltaster show close morphological similarity and further understanding of variation and phylogenetic relationships might result in synonymy of the two genera. Feeding Observation This species was observed perched upon an unidentified demosponges present among dead, Lophelia rubble in two observations (Figs. 14A, B). Small soft corals were also present along the surface of the sponge, suggesting that Peltaster could also have been feeding on these as well as the sponge. Peltaster placenta was also observed on a hexactinellid (glass) sponge (Fig. 14C), displaying feeding behavior. This species has also been reported feeding on antipatharians by Bo et al . (2018).Added discussion on Peltaster feeding is included in sponge feeding discussion below. Occurrence : Western Atlantic: Cape Cod region, Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Antigua and Barbados, Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Venezuela, Eastern Atlantic: Norway (near Trondheimsfjord) south to the equator, Iceland, Mediterranean, including Tunisia. 10–1007 m. Images Observed Bajo de Sico, Puerto Rico, 18.292659, -67.460653, 310 m EX1811_IMG_20181114T214557Z_ROVHD.jpg EX1811_IMG_20181114T214637Z_ROVHD.jpg Stetson Mesa “Seep”, 29.10912, -79.44749, 738 m EX1903L2_IMG_20190622T191837Z_ROVHD.jpg EX1903L2_IMG_20190622T192110Z_ROVHD.jpg 27 June, ... Other/Unknown Material Iceland Zenodo |
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Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Figure 14 A–C Comments Peltaster is a widely occurring goniasterid, containing two Pacific and one Atlantic species, all of which display widespread occurrence. Peltaster placenta for example has been documented on both sides of the Atlantic and across a broad bathymetric range, from 10 to over 1000 m depths. Although differentiated from Ceramaster and Sphaeriodiscus , the morphological boundaries between these two genera and Peltaster has been historically difficult to establish (e.g. see Mah 2018). All three genera demonstrate pentagonal body shape with relatively large marginal plates and granule-covered abactinal plates. Sphaeriodiscus and Peltaster show close morphological similarity and further understanding of variation and phylogenetic relationships might result in synonymy of the two genera. Feeding Observation This species was observed perched upon an unidentified demosponges present among dead, Lophelia rubble in two observations (Figs. 14A, B). Small soft corals were also present along the surface of the sponge, suggesting that Peltaster could also have been feeding on these as well as the sponge. Peltaster placenta was also observed on a hexactinellid (glass) sponge (Fig. 14C), displaying feeding behavior. This species has also been reported feeding on antipatharians by Bo et al . (2018).Added discussion on Peltaster feeding is included in sponge feeding discussion below. Occurrence : Western Atlantic: Cape Cod region, Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Antigua and Barbados, Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Venezuela, Eastern Atlantic: Norway (near Trondheimsfjord) south to the equator, Iceland, Mediterranean, including Tunisia. 10–1007 m. Images Observed Bajo de Sico, Puerto Rico, 18.292659, -67.460653, 310 m EX1811_IMG_20181114T214557Z_ROVHD.jpg EX1811_IMG_20181114T214637Z_ROVHD.jpg Stetson Mesa “Seep”, 29.10912, -79.44749, 738 m EX1903L2_IMG_20190622T191837Z_ROVHD.jpg EX1903L2_IMG_20190622T192110Z_ROVHD.jpg 27 June, ... |
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