A new species of Astrosarkus from Western Australia including new Mesophotic  occurrences of Indian Ocean Oreasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea)

Christopher L. Mah

doi:https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2023.82.08

A new species of Astrosarkus from Western Australia including new Mesophotic occurrences of Indian Ocean Oreasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea)

Christopher L. Mah

Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 82 p. 143–165 (2023)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2023.82.08

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Abstract

Mah, C.L. 2023. A new species of Astrosarkus from Western Australia including new Mesophotic occurrences of Indian Ocean Oreasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 82: 143–165.

Astrosarkus lu n. sp. (Oreasteridae, Valvatida; Asteroidea) is described in addition to new in situ observations.
Further occurrences of Indo-Pacific Oreasteridae are surveyed, with emphasis on distributions in the relatively poorly understood mesophotic zone.

Citation

Mah C.L. 2023. A new species of Astrosarkus from Western Australia including new Mesophotic occurrences of Indian Ocean Oreasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 82: 143–165.