Lithosoma Fisher, 1911

Mah, Christopher L., 2011, Taxonomy of high-latitude Goniasteridae (Subantarctic & Antarctic): one new genus, and three new species with an overview and key to taxa, Zootaxa 2759, pp. 1-48 : 30

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.276783
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6184355
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scientific name	Lithosoma Fisher, 1911
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Lithosoma Fisher, 1911 View in CoL

Fisher, 1911: 422; 1919: 298; Macan, 1938: 387; McKnight, 1973: 189; H.E.S. Clark in Clark & McKnight, 2001: 62.

Diagnosis. Body strongly stellate. Superomarginal plate series strongly abut over midline on arms. Abactinal, marginal, and actinal plate surfaces smooth, bare and lacking accessories. Plate surfaces flush. Small glassy granules embedded in abactinal plates. Furrow armature flush with adjacent actinal plates.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Class	Asteroidea
Order	Valvatida
Family	Goniasteridae

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