New asterinid seastars from the western Pacific Ocean (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)
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Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae).
A new fissiparous asterinid seastar Aquilonastra chantalae sp. nov. is described from Europa Island, one of the Scattered Islands (Les îles Éparses) in the Mozambique Channel. It is compared with the fissiparous asterinid Aquilonastra conandae O'Loughlin & Rowe from the Mascarene Islands. A table of distinguishing diagnostic characters is provided. The asterinid Aquilonastra richmondi O'Loughli...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memoirs of Museum Victoria
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1447-2554
DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2017.76.03