Mah Christopher L
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 37012, MRC 163, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 20013, United States of America..
Zootaxa. 2017 May 25;4271(1):1-72. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1.
Recent assignment of some goniasterid-like Ophidiasteridae into the Goniasteridae has led to further re-evaluation of other ophidiasterids as possible goniasterids. This led to the discovery of new genera and species supported by a distinctive set of characteristics which support a new subfamily, the Ferdininae, a group originally outlined by Marsh and Price (1991) within the Goniasteridae. The historical Ophidiasteridae is paraphyletic and includes several nominal ophidiasterid genera (e.g., Fromia, Neoferdina, etc.). Newly described material has led to the inclusion of six genera,within this group, of which three, Bathyferdina n. gen., Eosaster n. gen., and Kanakaster n. gen., are newly described. Fourteen new species in five genera are described. This includes Bathyferdina aireyae n. gen., n. sp., Eosaster nadiae n. gen., n. sp., Ferdina mena n. sp., Kanakaster balutensis n. gen., n. sp., Kanakaster convexus n. gen., n. sp., Kanakaster discus n. gen., n. sp., Kanakaster larae n. gen., n. sp., Kanakaster plinthinos n. gen., n. sp., Kanakaster solidus n. gen., n. sp., Neoferdina annae n. sp., Neoferdina antigorum, n. sp., Neoferdina momo, n. sp., Neoferdina oni, n. sp., and Paraferdina plakos, n. sp. Identification keys, synopses, and description of these taxa are included.
最近，一些似角海星科的蛇海星科被归入角海星科，这导致人们对其他蛇海星科进行进一步重新评估，看它们是否可能属于角海星科。这一过程中发现了新的属和物种，它们具有一系列独特特征，这些特征支持建立一个新的亚科——费迪纳亚科，该类群最初由马什和普赖斯（1991年）在角海星科中划定。历史上的蛇海星科是并系群，包括几个名义上的蛇海星科属（如弗罗米亚属、新费迪纳属等）。新描述的材料使该类群中新增了六个属，其中三个属，即深海费迪纳属、曙光海星属和卡纳卡海星属，是新描述的。描述了五个属中的14个新物种。这包括深海费迪纳艾雷亚属、新种，曙光海星纳迪亚属、新种，费迪纳梅纳新种，卡纳卡海星巴卢滕西斯属、新种，卡纳卡海星凸面属、新种，卡纳卡海星盘状属、新种，卡纳卡海星拉雷属、新种，卡纳卡海星柱状属、新种，卡纳卡海星实心属、新种，新费迪纳安娜新种，新费迪纳安蒂古鲁姆新种，新费迪纳莫莫新种，新费迪纳奥尼新种，以及副费迪纳普拉科斯新种。文中包含这些分类单元的鉴定检索表、概述和描述。
