Apollonaster Halpern 1970b

Mah, Christopher L., 2015, New species, corallivory, in situ video observations and overview of the Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) in the Hawaiian Region, Zootaxa 3926 (2), pp. 211-228 : 214

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6112728
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scientific name	Apollonaster Halpern 1970b
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Apollonaster Halpern 1970b View in CoL

Apollonaster Halpern 1970b: 9 View in CoL ; Clark and Downey 1992: 229; A.M. Clark 1993: 243; Durán-González et al. 2006: 56 (checklist); Alvarado 2011: 266 (checklist).

Comments. Apollonaster is poorly studied and as of this writing has previously only been known from a single species (two known specimens in the USNM) in the tropical Atlantic from 40–1174 m ( Clark & Downey 1992: 230). It displays morphological similarities with Ceramaster and to a lesser extent Peltaster a nd Sphaeriodiscus in that it displays shallow fasciolar channels, a pentagonal body shape (low R:r), and a general similarity in granule distribution on the abactinal and marginal plates.