来自莫桑比克海峡的海星科海星（棘皮动物门：海星纲：海星科）。

Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae).

作者信息

O'Loughlin P Mark, Mackenzie Melanie

机构信息

Marine Biology Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.; Email:

Marine Biology Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia; Email:

出版信息

Zootaxa. 2013 Feb 8;3613:176-80. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5.

DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5

PMID:24698909

Abstract

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'Loughlin & Rowe is reported for Europa Island.

摘要

一种新的分裂生殖的海燕科海星——欧罗巴岛海燕（Aquilonastra chantalae sp. nov.），在莫桑比克海峡的分散岛屿（Les îles Éparses）之一的欧罗巴岛被发现并被描述。它与马斯克林群岛的分裂生殖的海燕科海星康南氏欧罗巴岛海燕（Aquilonastra conandae O'Loughlin & Rowe）进行了比较。文中提供了区分诊断特征的表格。欧罗巴岛海燕（Aquilonastra richmondi O'Loughlin & Rowe）也在欧罗巴岛被报道。