#NewSpecies!
New deep sea starfish from #newcaledonia just surfaced:

Plinthaster australis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAEA5C-FF95-9B71-FC9D-F995FC79FCE1
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.19.1.1
#Megataxa #PlinthasterAustralis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #echinodermata #asterozoa #seastar #starfish #deepsea

#NewSpecies!
New deep sea starfish from #newcaledonia just surfaced:

Calliaster hystrix

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAEA5C-FFD3-9B28-FC9D-F995FABBF841
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.19.1.1
#Megataxa #CalliasterHystrix

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #echinodermata #asterozoa #seastar #starfish #deepsea

#NewSpecies
New brittle star from #taiwan just surfaced:

Breviturma securis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0385423B-9820-FFCD-FDF8-7514FC8FFDA5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2919
#ejtaxonomy #BreviturmaSecuris

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #echinodermata #asterozoa #seastar #brittlestar

Here is the 2nd #chart for my big #pastel artwork, featuring 12 #SeaStar species. I'm learning about them as I go. This is on the Marthasterias Glacialis.

#MarineLife #artinprogress #art #MarineBiology #echinodermata #echinoderms #starfish #asteroidea #asterozoa #BabySteps #sketches #gouache

#NewSpecies
New brittle star from #mexico just surfaced:

Ophioderma aija

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F3204B-FF91-8201-55CD-B21C612DFA7B
Publication: http://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.947.2625
#ejtaxonomy #OphiodermaAija

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #echinodermata #asterozoa #seastar #brittlestar