New asterinid seastars from the western Pacific Ocean (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

P. Mark O’Loughlin and Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras

Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 76 p. 121–132 (2017)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2017.76.03

Abstract

Three new Aquilonastra O’Loughlin (in O’Loughlin and Waters, 2004) species are described: Aquilonastra donia sp. nov. for New Caledonia, lodged in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris; Aquilonastra korora sp. nov. and Aquilonastra starmeri sp. nov., both for Palau and lodged in the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Citation

O’Loughlin, P.M. and Bribiesca-Contreras, G. 2017. New asterinid seastars from the Pacific Ocean (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 76: 121–132. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2017.76.03

PUBLICATION DATE: 20 DECEMBER 2017

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