TY  - JOUR
AB  - Japanese waters contain a highly diverse echinoderm fauna including many undiscovered species, especially in deeperwater settings. Molecular phylogenetic data has shown a close relationship between three established families of asteroids,the Asterinidae, the Solasteridae and the Ganeriidae, which are three groups that are well-represented in the region. We present two undescribed species of solasterids, <i>Lophaster cactorum</i> n. sp. and <i>Paralophaster gomo </i>n. sp., the latter represents a genus which had previously been known primarily from Antarctic settings. New occurrence records of the
tropical deep-sea Pacific solasterid <i>Rhipidaster vannipes</i> Sladen, 1889 has led to synonymy of <i>Xenorias polyctenius</i> Fisher,1913. Three undescribed species of <i>Hyalinothrix</i>, <i>Hyalinothrix diversus</i> n. sp., <i>Hyaliothrix enoki</i> n. sp. and <i>Hyalinothrix virtrispinum</i> n. sp. are described. <i>Nepanthia grangei</i> McKnight, 2001 is transferred to <i>Hyalinothrix</i>. A new subfamily, the Hyalinothricinae is established within the Asterinidae, including <i>Tarachaster</i> and <i>Seriaster</i>, which was formerly assigned to the Solasteridae. <i>Knightaster</i> is reassigned to the Asterinidae from the Ganeriidae.
A1  - Mah, C. L.
A1  - Fujita, T.
DO  - 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.4
JO  - Zootaxa
IS  - 1
SP  - 67
EP  - 100
C1  - 4750(1): 67-100
TI  - New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of <i>Paralophaster</i> from the North Pacific with an overview of <em>Hyalinothrix</em>
UR  - https://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4750.1.4
VL  - 4750
PY  - 2020
Y2  - 2026-04-14
ER  -