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Mah, C. L. (2023). New occurrences and a new genus and species of 'Toothless' Odontasteridae (Asteroidea) from Australian waters. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 38(1): 49.
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10.18195/issn.0312-3162.38.2023.049-067 [view]
Mah, C. L.
2023
New occurrences and a new genus and species of 'Toothless' Odontasteridae (Asteroidea) from Australian waters
Records of the Western Australian Museum
38(1): 49
Publication
Odontasteridae (Asteroidea) are important members of Antarctic faunas. Less wellknown
are odontasterid species present outside of high-latitudes, which occur primarily in the deepsea.
Multiple new odontasterids were identified from deep-sea settings in Australian waters, including
a new genus and species, Marshastra loisetteae gen. nov. sp. nov., from the shelf off Western
Australia, and Hoplaster oloughlini sp. nov. from Tasmania and the south Pacific region. A phylogeny of Hoplaster suggests diversification from a Southern Hemisphere setting into the Atlantic and northward as well as across Tasmanian seamounts, indicating diversification into deep-sea habitats from shallower waters.
Australia
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Diabocilla McKnight, 2006 accepted as Hoplaster Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882 (source of synonymy)
Hoplaster oloughlini Mah, 2023 (original description)
Marshastra Mah, 2023 (original description)
Marshastra loisetteae Mah, 2023 (original description)
Hoplaster oloughlini Mah, 2023 (original description)
Marshastra Mah, 2023 (original description)
Marshastra loisetteae Mah, 2023 (original description)