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Issue: Vol. 2963 No. 1: 12 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2963.1.2
Page range: 48–54
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 51

A new sea star of the genus Hippasteria (Asteroidea: Goniasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands

Associate in Invertebrate Zoology, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, USA Research Associate, Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105, USA
Institute of Marine Science, 128 O'Neill, P. O. Box 757220 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99775-7220, USA
Echinodermata sea star AKMAP Alaska Hippasteria echinoderm Valvatida

Abstract

A new species of goniasterid sea star, Hippasteria aleutica sp. nov. is described from the Aleutian Islands, and compared to H. phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) from the North Atlantic-Arctic, as well as its congeners from the North Pacific. Distribution is discussed and a key to the described species of Hippasteria in Alaskan waters is presented.

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