Deep-sea (> 1000 m) Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the North Pacific, including an overview of Sibogaster, Bathyceramaster n. gen. and three new species
Author
Mah, Christopher L.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4175
2
101
141
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1
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1175-5326
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Hippasteria lepidonotus
(
Fisher 1905
)
Ludwig 1905
: 138 (as
Hippasteria pacifica
)
Fisher 1905
: 311;1911: 237;
Lambert 1978a
: 9;
Maluf 1988
: 34, 118;
A.M. Clark 1993
: 251;
Mah
et al.
, 2010
;
Hendrickx
et al.
2011
:800 (as
C. lepidonotus
)
Codoceo & Andrade 1978
: 379 (as C. philippii)
Pawson & Ahearn 2001
: 42 (as
Cryptopeltaster cf. lepidonotus
)
Comments.
This was originally designated
Cryptopeltaster
Fisher 1905
before being reduced to the synonymy of
Hippasteria
by Mah
et al.
(2014). This species was observed feeding on gorgonians on Rodriquez and Davidson Seamount (
Mah
et al.
, 2010
).
Occurrence.
Chile
,
Galapagos
, to
Aleutian Islands
(
Alaska
), including records from Rodriguez Seamount
,
Santa Cruz
,
California and British Columbia
188–1244 m
.