#NewSpecies
New sea cucumber from west #pacific just surfaced:

Bathyplotes varicolumna

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FAE422C6-6426-522C-B71E-AE9315D6ACD9
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1231.142729
#ZooKeys #BathyplotesVaricolumna

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #echinodermata #seacucumber #deepsea

#NewSpecies!
New sea star from eastern #pacific just surfaced:

Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/89611739-FFAD-537C-98BF-A5F0FC97FADB
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.1
#Zootaxa #CaymanostellaScrippscognaticausa

#FAIRdata
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#NewSpecies!
New starfish from #japan just surfaced:

Paragonaster hoeimaruae

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A3730A-8524-FFBA-FE62-CEFDFB6F3F69
Publication: http://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2377336
#JournalofNaturalHistory #ParagonasterHoeimaruae

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#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