Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): Systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-301

  Mah, Christopher ^a   Nizinski, Martha ^b   Lundsten, Lonny ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b National Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Deep sea coral; Deep sea echinoderm; Evoplosoma; Feeding biology; Hippasteria; Onshore offshore; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; ASTERIAS; ECHINODERMATA; GONIASTERIDAE; HIPPASTERIA;

EID: 77957244004     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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