Clark, R.N. and Jewett, S.C. 2011. A new sea star of the genus Hippasteria (Asteroidea; Goniasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands. Zootaxa 2963: 48-54.

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http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/2/zt02963p054.pdf

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.

Arctic-Boreal marine

Arctic, subarctic, boreal
Benthos
Systematics, Taxonomy

Asteroidea

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