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A chromosome-level genome assembly of a deep-sea starfish (Zoroaster cf. ophiactis) [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Data, 2023
Understanding of adaptation and evolution of organisms in the deep sea requires more genomic resources. Zoroaster cf. ophiactis is a sea star in the family Zoroasteridae occurring exclusively in the deep sea.
Jun Liu   +3 more
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Phylogenetic and taxonomic revisions of Jurassic sea stars support a delayed evolutionary origin of the Asteriidae [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ
Background The superorder Forcipulatacea is a major clade of sea stars with approximately 400 extant species across three orders (Forcipulatida, Brisingida, Zorocallida).
Marine Fau   +4 more
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A new zoroasterid asteroid from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica [PDF]

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021
New, well-preserved fossil starfish material is recorded from the Eocene La Meseta Formation exposed in Seymour Island, Antarctica. The use of new technology (i.e., microCT) on several fragments enabled the visualization of new characters and the ...
EVANGELINA E. PALÓPOLO   +4 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Benthic megafauna of the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean. [PDF]

open access: yesZookeys, 2022
There is a growing interest in the exploitation of deep-sea mineral deposits, particularly on the abyssal seafloor of the central Pacific Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), which is rich in polymetallic nodules.
Bribiesca-Contreras G   +16 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina; Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features [PDF]

open access: yesZoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 163, PO Box 37012, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA Received March 2006; accepted for publication August 2006The Zoroasteridae comprise a small but widespread family of asteroids distributed throughout the deep sea.Although poorly understood, they are often ...
openaire   +1 more source

Zorocallida, new order, and Doraster constellatus, new genus and species, with notes on the Zoroasteridae (Echinodermata; Asteroidea)

open access: yesSmithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 1970
NH-Invertebrate Zoology ; si-staff ; NMNH ; SISP ; Peer ...
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Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Asteroidea database. [PDF]

open access: yesZookeys, 2018
Moreau C   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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