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Sea-Stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from "Eltanin" Cruise 26, with a Review of the New Zealand Asteroid Fauna
Family Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875 — Pteraster Müller and Troschel, 1842
Family Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875
Pteraster Müller and Troschel, 1842
Pteraster bathamae Fell.
Pteraster (Apterodon) bathamae Fell, 1958, p. 14, pl. 2, figs. G, I.
Material Examined:
One specimen, Sta. 1848.
Size:
R/r = approx. 40/25 mm.
Colour:
Pale orange mottled with white, abactinally; white and pale grey, actinally.
Geographical Distribution
Previously known only from Eastern Otago, New Zealand; the present specimen extends the range north to Cook Strait.
Depth Range:
256–555 m.
Type Locality:
East Otago, New Zealand; 462–555 m.
Location of Type:
Dominion Museum, Wellington, New Zealand (Ech. 517).