Litonotaster Verrill 1899

Mah, Christopher L., 2022, New Genera, Species and Occurrences of Deep-Sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the North Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition, Zootaxa 5164 (1), pp. 1-75 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5164.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3BECB9C7-F4B5-4FA4-934B-1822BF3D1077
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6821094
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CE851E-921F-E94F-EBF9-494AFA9FFA39
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scientific name	Litonotaster Verrill 1899
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Comments. Litonotaster is unusual for the Goniasteridae owing to its occurrence at lower bathyal and abyssal depths,> 1000 m to 5200 m. Atlantic species were reviewed by Halpern (1969) and Clark & Downey (1992).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Class	Asteroidea
Order	Valvatida
Family	Goniasteridae

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