New Australian deep-sea Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Valvatacea) (2025)

Ongoing efforts have begun to document the asteroid fauna of Australia in deep-sea habitats, especially those at greater than 1000 m depths. Newly collected specimens studied at Museums Victoria and the Western Australian Museum are described as part of an ongoing survey of deep-sea Goniasteridae following the overview of Hippasterinae, Circeasterinae and other taxa relevant to deep-sea corals The specimens have been acquired on the following RV Investigator voyage(s) IN2015_C01 IN2015_C02 IN2017_V03 IN2018_V06 IN2022_V08 IN2022_V09 If this data has been used in any products, please acknowledge with the following: We acknowledge the use of the CSIRO Marine National Facility (https://ror.org/01mae9353) in undertaking this research.

Citation: Mah C.L. 2025. New Australian deep-sea Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Valvatacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 84: 49–88. https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2025.84.02

Published: May 14, 2025 at 04:37

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