Description of a new family, new genus, and two new species of deep-sea Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea), including the first known sea star from hydrothermal vent habitats

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作者
Mah, Christopher [1 ,2 ]
Linse, Katrin [3 ]
Copley, Jon [4 ]
Marsh, Leigh [4 ]
Rogers, Alex [5 ]
Clague, David [6 ]
Foltz, David [2 ]
机构
[1] Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Invertebrate Zool, Washington, DC 20013 USA
[2] Louisiana State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
[3] British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge CB3 0ET, England
[4] Univ Southampton, Ocean & Earth Sci, Southampton SO14 3ZH, Hants, England
[5] Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Oxford OX1 3PS, England
[6] Monterey Bay Aquarium Res Inst, Moss Landing, CA 95039 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Antarctica; deep sea; forcipulatacea; hydrothermal vent; North Pacific; pedicellariae; OPHIUROID ECHINODERMATA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; AXIAL SEAMOUNT; MORPHOLOGY; BIOLOGY; PEDICELLARIAE; COMMUNITIES; VALVATACEA; PREDATION; BEHAVIOR;
D O I
10.1111/zoj.12229
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
Based on a phylogenetic analysis of undescribed taxa within the Forcipulatacea, a new family of deep-sea forcipulatacean starfishes, Paulasteriidaefam.nov., is described from deep-sea settings. Paulasterias tylerigen.etsp.nov. was observed at recently documented hydrothermal vents on the East Scotia Ridge, Southern Ocean. A second species, Paulasterias mcclainigen.etsp.nov. was observed in deep-sea settings in the North Pacific, more distant from hydrothermal vents. Both species are multi-armed (with between six and eight arms), with a fleshy body wall, and a poorly developed or absent adoral carina. Here, we include discussions of pedicellariae morphology, feeding biology, and classification.(c) 2015 The Linnean Society of London
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页数:21
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