Litonotaster Verrill, 1899

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 : 118

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6055239
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scientific name	Litonotaster Verrill, 1899
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Verrill 1899: 171; Fisher 1911: 165; Halpern 1969: 129; 1970: 252; 1970: 144; Downey 1973: 55; Clark and Downey 1992: 249; A.M. Clark 1993: 261 (checklist). (as Litonotaster )

Comments. This genus is represented by two similar species, L. africanus and L. intermedius , collected from lower bathyal/abyssal settings in the tropical Atlantic with Litonotaster tumidus in the east Pacific. Halpern (1969) outlined distinctions between species in Litonotaster , with L. rotundigranulum later being synonymized by Clark and Downey (1992).