Dytaster gilberti

Description

General: Can be orange or white.

Geographic Information

Ocean range (global): Southern California to Trujillo, Peru.

Published depth range: 1573 - 4335 m

Habitat description: Benthic.

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

Lauerman, L.M.L., R.S. Kaufmann, and K.L. Smith Jr. (1996). Distribution and abundance of epibenthic megafauna at a long time-series station in the abyssal northeast Pacific. Deep Sea Research 1, 43: 1075-1103.

Maluf, L.Y. (1988). Composition and distribution of the Central Eastern Pacific echinoderms. Technical Reports, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 2:242.