Ceramaster leptoceramus ( Fisher, 1905 )

Mah, Christopher L., 2016, Deep-sea (> 1000 m) Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the North Pacific, including an overview of Sibogaster, Bathyceramaster n. gen. and three new species, Zootaxa 4175 (2), pp. 101-141 : 113-114

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scientific name	Ceramaster leptoceramus ( Fisher, 1905 )
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Ceramaster leptoceramus ( Fisher, 1905) View in CoL

Fisher, 1905: 306 (as Tosia )

Fisher 1911: 210; H.L. Clark 1913: 193; Blake 1973: 51; Muscat, 1980: 264; Luke 1982: 14; Maluf, 1988: 33, 118; A.M. Clark, 1993: 249; Hendrickx et al. 2011: 800, 808, 810 (as Ceramaster )

Comments. New specimen records extend known occurrence for this species to Bodega Canyon and Pt. Sur in northern California. Most records from this species are known from Southern California, Mexico and Baja California. Records below 1000 m also appear to be at the lower bathymetric range for this species.

Occurrence. Bodega Canyon (Sonoma County), Pt. Sur to Southern California, Mexico to Peru. 366–1811 m.

Material. USNM 32483 About USNM San Pablo Point , Baja California, Mexico. 27º7’8”N, 114º33’10”W, 519 m. Coll GoogleMaps . USFC Albatross, 15 March 1911, 1 dry spec. R=3.5, r=2.4; USNM E18087 View Materials Santa Barbara Basin , California. 30.9, -119.67, 1152 m. Coll. V. Furfuro, 1 dry spec. R=3.5, r= 2.4 ; USNM E50322 View Materials , Peru, South Pacific. 7º49’S, 80º38’ W, 605–735 m. Coll. R / V Anton Bruun, SEPBOP Expedition 5 Sept. 1966, 8 dry specs.R=1.4, r=0.7;R=1.6, r=1.0; R=1.6, r=1.1:R=1.6, r=0.8: R=7.1, r=5.0, R=6.5, r=4.7; R=6.7, r=4.9; R=6.0, r=4.2 GoogleMaps . CASIZ 115531 . South side of Bodega canyon, 24 miles W. by S. of Bodega Bay , Bodega Canyon (Sonoma County). 494–585 m (270–320 fms), Coll. R. Porter, 1 wet spec . CASIZ 157192 , central coast, south of Big Sur , 6.35159, -122.1839 to 36.37127, - 122.1803, 821 m. Coll. K.P. aboard R/ V Miller Freeman 1 wet spec.