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The first record of Porcellanaster ceruleus (Echinodermata: Porcellanasteridae) in the South China Sea

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Porcellanasteridae is a group of starfish that live in the deep ocean around the world. The type species of this family, Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878, is cosmopolitan as well as polymorphic. The first record of its occurrence in the South China Sea is reported in this paper. One specimen was caught in the South China Sea on June 6, 2015 by trawl and identified to be a P. ceruleus. The morphological characteristics of this specimen are described and detailed pictures are provided. The discovery of this specimen further expands the distribution of P. ceruleus in the Pacific Ocean. The world distribution records of P. ceruleus and its synonymic species are reviewed in this paper.

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The authors are grateful to all the scientists and crew on the R/V Xiangyanghong 10 for their work in the collection of the specimen.

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    Ruiyan Zhang, Xiaogu Wang, Yadong Zhou, Bo Lu & Chunsheng Wang

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Zhang, R., Wang, X., Zhou, Y. et al. The first record of Porcellanaster ceruleus (Echinodermata: Porcellanasteridae) in the South China Sea. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 37, 185–189 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-018-1324-z

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