Myxoderma sacculatum

Author: Fisher, 1905

Description

General: Compare with Sagenaster evermanni; difficult to tell them apart without a specimen in hand, but S. evermanni is smaller.



Geographic Information

Habitat description: Benthic.

Ocean range (global): Okhotsk Sea, Bering Sea to Southern California.

Published depth range: 91 – 2012 m



Additional Information

Consulting taxonomist: Christopher Mah, Smithsonian Natural History Museum.



References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Mah, C. (2007). Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina; Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 150: 177-210. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x

Citation: Myxoderma sacculatum (Fisher, 1905) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Myxoderma%20sacculatum. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-03-19.
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