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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC0FF9984E414C96CC28682" box="[151,203,1697,1718]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Tosia</emphasis>
(
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) Verrill, 1899: 161
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC0FF9984E414D76D0686E0" box="[151,271,1727,1748]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Ceramaster</emphasis>
Fisher, 1906: 1054
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; 1911: 162, 204; Verrill, 1914: 289; Koehler, 1924: 173; Mortensen, 1927: 80; Djakonov, 1950: 38;
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: 62
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; 1970c: 212; 1970: 62; Downey, 1973: 49;
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: 178
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; Downey, 1973: 49;
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: 61
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;
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: 231
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; Downey in
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC0FF9984E415516D04877B" box="[151,269,1849,1871]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Philonaster</emphasis>
Koehler, 1909: 78
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[
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species
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC0FF99862915526EE4877B" box="[602,749,1850,1871]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Pentagonaster</emphasis>
(
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)
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Koehler, 1909
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<taxonomicName id="4C7B4D07FFC0FF9984E415316D738759" authority="Verrill, 1914" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1914" box="[151,378,1880,1902]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Tosiaster" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC0FF9984E415316CF8875A" box="[151,241,1881,1902]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Tosiaster</emphasis>
Verrill, 1914
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC0FF9984E415FD6D18879A" bold="true" box="[151,273,1941,1966]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC0FF99856415FD6E0E8799" box="[279,519,1941,1965]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">(See comments below</emphasis>
). Body outline pentagonal in most (i.e., R/r=1.1 to 1.5) with some becoming more stellate. Abactinal plates tabulate, granules present on abactinal plates, marginals, actinal plates. Fasciolar grooves present among abactinal, marginal plates. Bare “patch” on dorsal facing of superomarginal plates.
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF9884B412FF6D468084" bold="true" box="[199,335,151,176]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Comments.</emphasis>
The genus
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF9885A012F06E5E809B" box="[467,599,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster</emphasis>
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includes 17 nominal species from the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans (
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) but has never undergone a comprehensive, global revision.
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF98800F12D5690980E0" box="[1148,1280,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster</emphasis>
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also displays morphological overlap with other similar goniasterid genera, such as
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF9887EC1288680D80CC" box="[927,1028,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Peltaster</emphasis>
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(
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFEA4B75FFC1FF98814812B76CD78128" author="Halpern" pageId="5" pageNumber="47" refString="Halpern, J. A. (1970 b) A monographic revision of the goniasterid sea stars of the North Atlantic. Unpublished PhD dissertation: University of Miami, 253 pp." type="book" year="1970" yearSuffix="b">Halpern, 1970b</bibRefCitation>
) which further confuses boundaries between the two genera and among species in each genus.
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a consequence, it is unlikely that
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF9885BA13406E44810B" box="[457,589,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster</emphasis>
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is monophyletic. Comprehensive diagnosis of
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF988002134068FC810B" box="[1137,1269,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster</emphasis>
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is beyond the scope of the regional treatment here and so, only an abbreviated, functional definition of
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF9880E4132569128150" box="[1175,1307,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster</emphasis>
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is outlined above.
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF9884B613FD6D408198" box="[197,329,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster</emphasis>
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includes many nominal species, such as
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF98875413FD68378198" box="[807,1086,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster patagonicus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF98803D13FD696A8198" box="[1102,1379,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster grenadensis</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF9884E413D06D9181E4" box="[151,408,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster granularis</emphasis>
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that display morphological intergradation with few discrete differences. For example, nominal
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF9884B413B56D7881C0" box="[199,369,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">C. patagonicus</emphasis>
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occurs in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, ranging from boreal waters in the North pacific to subantarctic waters in the South Pacific (
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and southern
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). This is a pattern similar to that of the goniasterid
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF9885DC104D6E3C8208" box="[431,565,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Hippasteria</emphasis>
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(
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).
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Revisionary efforts within
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF98858210206E7F826B" box="[497,630,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster</emphasis>
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have not met with universal acceptance.
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presented
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF98849410056DF482B0" box="[231,509,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ceramaster patagonicus</emphasis>
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as a subspecies within the
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF98874510056FD782B0" box="[822,990,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">C. grenadensis</emphasis>
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species complex in contrast to
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and
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who have argued
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<emphasis id="B90FEA96FFC1FF98872F10F8680F829C" box="[860,1030,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">C. patagonicus</emphasis>
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as a distinct complex of species.
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