Pillsburiaster Halpern, 1970c

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 : 126

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6055254
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scientific name	Pillsburiaster Halpern, 1970c
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Halpern, 1970c:2; McKnight, 1973:180; Downey in Clark & Downey, 1992: 258; H.E.S. Clark and McKnight, 2001: 12 (key),100; Mah 2011: 39.

Comments. This genus includes seven species which are known from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, primarily at shelf to bathyal depths (approximately 120–2150 m). Halpern (1970c) distinguished Pillsburiaster based on the presence of large, deciduous granules present on the abactinal surface, but species are poorly understood.

References

Clark, A. M. & Downey, M. E. (1992) Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman and Hall, London.

Clark, H. E. S. & McKnight, D. G. (2001) The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars), Order Valvatida. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 117, 1 - 270 pp.

Halpern, J. A. (1970 c) Biological investigation of the deep sea. 53. New species and genera of goniasterid sea stars. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 83, 1 - 12.

McKnight, D. G. (1973) Additions to the asteroid fauna of New Zealand: family Goniasteridae. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Records, 1 (13), 171 - 195.