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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Litonotaster tumidus
H.L. Clark, 1920
Figure 5
A–E
H.L. Clark 1920
: 83;
Maluf 1988
: 34 (table), 118 (list).
Comments.
Although this species was not encountered as part of the new material included herein, this species is included for the sake of completeness and because other bathyal/abyssal asteroid species have been shown to occur widely along the coast of North America (e.g.,
Bathymeramaster elegans
).
Occurrence.
Peru
.
4066–5196 m
.
Material examined.
USNM
E705,
Paratypes
.
Cerro Azul
,
Lima
,
Peru
,
South Pacific.
13º11’30”S
,
78º18’W
,
5203 m
.
Coll
.
USFC
Steamer Albatross
,
Eastern
Pacific Expedition,
21 Nov. 1904
.(2 dry specs, R=2.5, r=1.0; R=2.0, r=1.1)