DOI: 10.15468/54qjyr
title: New Genera, Species, and observations on the biology of Antarctic Valvatida (Asteroidea)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Mah, Christopher L. (2023): New Genera, Species, and observations on the biology of Antarctic Valvatida (Asteroidea). Zootaxa 5310 (1): 1-88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5310.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5310.1.1Abstract .................................................................................................. 4 Introduction ............................................................................................... 4 Unique Antarctic biology & threats to the fauna ................................................................. 4 Taxonomic & Systematic Research in Antarctic Sea Stars ......................................................... 5 The US Antarctic Research Program Collections ................................................................ 5 Materials and methods ...................................................................................... 5 SYSTEMATICS ........................................................................................... 6 VALVATIDA Perrier, 1884 ................................................................................... 6 ASTERINIDAE Gray, 1840 .................................................................................. 6 KAMPYLASTERINAE sub-fam. nov. ......................................................................... 7 Astrotholus nov. gen. ........................................................................................ 9 Astrotholus antarcticus (Fisher, 1940) ......................................................................... 10 Astrotholus infernalis n. gen. n. sp. ........................................................................... 12 Astrotholus mei n. gen. n. sp. ................................................................................ 15 Astrotholus molginos n. gen, n. sp. ............................................................................ 17 Astrotholus phasma n. gen. n. sp. ............................................................................. 20 Kampylaster Koehler, 1920 .................................................................................. 22 Kampylaster incurvatus Koehler 1920 ......................................................................... 22 Kampylaster claireae n. sp. .................................................................................. 26 Kampylaster tumulus n. sp. .................................................................................. 28 Tremaster mirabilis Verrill, 1879 ............................................................................. 30 GONIASTERIDAE Forbes, 1841 ............................................................................ 32 Notioceramus Fisher, 1940 .................................................................................. 33 Notioceramus anomalus Fisher, 1940 .......................................................................... 34 Notioceramus abyssalis n. sp. ................................................................................ 34 Notioceramus neillae n. sp. .................................................................................. 37 ODONTASTERIDAE Verrill, 1899 ........................................................................... 39 Acodontaster hodgsoni (Bell, 1908) ........................................................................... 40 Odontaster meridionalis (Smith, 1876) ......................................................................... 42 SOLASTERIDAE Viguier, 1878 ............................................................................. 44 Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840a .......................................................................... 44 Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, 1889 ........................................................................... 45 Crossaster taitai n. sp. ...................................................................................... 48 Lophaster Verrill, 1878 ..................................................................................... 51 Lophaster abbreviatus Koehler, 1907 .......................................................................... 51 Lophaster stellans Sladen, 1889 .............................................................................. 54 Paralophaster Fisher, 1940 .................................................................................. 55 Paralophaster antarcticus (Koehler, 1912a) ..................................................................... 56 Paralophaster densus (Fisher, 1940) nov. comb. ................................................................. 60 Paralophaster ferax n. sp. ................................................................................... 62 Paralophaster godfroyi (Koehler 1912a) ....................................................................... 64 Paralophaster hyalinus H.E.S. Clark, 1970b .................................................................... 66 Paralophaster lorioli (Koehler, 1907) .......................................................................... 67 Paralophaster paucispinus n. sp. ............................................................................. 69 Solaster Forbes, 1839 ...................................................................................... 71 Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889 ............................................................................... 72 DISCUSSION ............................................................................................ 76 Taxonomic Summary ...................................................................................... 79 Species Included Herein .................................................................................... 80 Acknowledgments ......................................................................................... 80 REFERENCES ........................................................................................... 81