Phataria unifascialis (Valvatida: Ophidiasteridae) from the Eastern Pacific: Redescription and skeletal morphology

 

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Autores: Martín-Cao-Romero, Carolina, Solís-Marín, Francisco Alonso, Laguarda-Figueras, Alfredo, Buitrón Sánchez, Blanca Estela
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2017
Descripción:The starfish Phataria unifascialis is widely distributed in the eastern cost of the Pacific Ocean, found on rocky bottoms, at depths between 0 and 50 m. The original description of P. unifascialis made by Gray in 1840 was brief and inaccurate in some important aspects, such as distribution area, plate arrangement and ambulacral spines. Here, we improve the description of P. unifascialis with SEM images and description of its mesodermal skeleton on the basis of a large sample. Rev. Biol. Trop. 65(Suppl. 1): S258-S271. Epub 2017 November 01. 
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/31694
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/31694
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Palabra clave:Asteroidea
Ophidiasteridae
Phataria unifascialis
redescription
SEM
Eastern Pacific.