Astrotholus phasma Mah 2023, n. gen.

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Author: Mah, Christopher L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Valvatida; Asterinidae; Astrotholus; Astrotholus phasma; Drake Passage; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8090116; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C387E86622FFF6FF68E7CF82B8FDA2

Astrotholus phasma n. gen. n. sp. FIGURE 5A–F Etymology The species epithet phasma is derived from the Greek for ghost or spirit, alluding to the strongly arched ghostlike shape of this species. Diagnosis Abactinal plates flat to mound-like surface covered by simple spinelets, 4–10 (Fig. 5B, C). Tra...