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Issue: Vol. 3051 No. 1: 7 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3051.1.1
Page range: 1–13
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 41

Three new sea stars (Asteroidea: Solasteridae & Pterasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands

Associate in Invertebrate Zoology, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007 Research Associate, Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105 USA Mailing Address: 3808 E. Pinehurst Dr. Eagle Mountain, Utah 84005 USA
Institute of Marine Science, 128 O'Neill, P. O. Box 757220 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99775-7220
Echinodermata Solaster Pteraster Biodiversity New species AKMAP Alaska

Abstract

Two new species of Solaster, and a new species of Pteraster are described from the nearshore waters of the Aleutian Islands and compared to congeners from the region. Solaster hexactis sp. nov., S. spectabilis sp. nov., and Pteraster willsi sp. nov., are distinguished by the characteristics of the paxillar, marginal and adambulacral spines, and (in Solaster), the number of rays. The distributions of the new species and keys are provided.

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