TY - JOUR AU - Martín-Cao-Romero, Carolina AU - Solís-Marín, Francisco Alonso AU - Laguarda-Figueras, Alfredo AU - Buitrón Sánchez, Blanca Estela PY - 2017/11/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Phataria unifascialis (Valvatida: Ophidiasteridae) from the Eastern Pacific: Redescription and skeletal morphology JF - Revista de Biología Tropical JA - Rev. Biol. Trop. VL - 65 IS - S1 SE - Articles DO - 10.15517/rbt.v65i1-1.31694 UR - https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/31694 SP - S258–S271 AB - <p>The starfish <em>Phataria unifascialis </em>is widely distributed in the eastern cost of the Pacific Ocean, found on rocky bottoms, at depths between 0 and 50 m. The original description of <em>P. unifascialis </em>made by Gray in 1840 was brief and inaccurate in some important aspects, such as distribution area, plate arrangement and ambulacral spines. Here, we improve the description of <em>P. unifascialis</em> with SEM images and description of its mesodermal skeleton on the basis of a large sample. Rev. Biol. Trop. 65(Suppl. 1): S258-S271. Epub 2017 November 01.</p><div> </div> ER -