Pteraster
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.202819 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611041 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/724AC772-732A-377D-86DB-F89B8EF9FEB1 |
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Plazi |
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Pteraster |
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Key to the shallow water (<20 m) species of Pteraster View in CoL in the Aleutian Islands.
1a Rays eight to eleven; body firm, relatively rigid; color in life yellow to orange with brown markings...... Pteraster octaster View in CoL
1b Rays normally five.................................................................................... 2
2b Actinolateral membrane wide, extending to near or beyond ray edge............................................. 3
2a Actinolateral membrane narrow, only about half of ray width................................................... 4
3a Surface finely papillose; suboral spine trigonal; color in life uniformly white to orange............ Pteraster willsi View in CoL sp. nov.
3b Supradorsal membrane wrinkled or convoluted; suboral spine cylindrical color in life gray or pale tan to orange.................................................................................................. Pteraster militaris View in CoL
4a Surface firm, relatively rigid, reticulated; actinolateral membrane narrow, extending only about half way to edge of rays; suboral spine cylindrical; color pattern in life tessellated............................................ Pteraster tesselatus View in CoL
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