Christopher L. Mah

Christopher L. Mah, US echinodermologist

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington, United States of America

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

59 taxon names authored by Christopher L. Mah

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1998

Mah, C.L. 1998. Preliminary phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the Brisingida (Asteroidea: Forcipulatacea). In: Mooi R, Telford M, editors. Proc 9th Int Echinoderm Conf. San Francisco: Ballkema; pp. 273–277 Reference page.

1999

Mah, C.L. 1999. Taxonomy of the South Pacific brisingidan Brisingaster robillardi (Asteroidea) with new ontogenetic and phylogenetic information. Zoosystema. 21(3): 535–546. Internet Archive Reference page.

2003

Mah, C.L. 2003. Astrosarkus idipi, a new Indo-Pacific genus and species of Oreasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) displaying extreme skeletal reduction. Bulletin of Marine Science. 73(3): 685–698. Online Reference page.

2004

Villier, L., Kutscher, M., Mah, C.L. 2004. Systematics and palaeoecology of middle Toarcian Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the “Seuil du Poitou”, Western France. Geobios. 37(6): 807–825. DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.05.010 Reference page.

2006

Mah, C.L. 2006. A new species of Xyloplax (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Concentricycloidea) from the northeast Pacific: comparative morphology and a reassessment of phylogeny. Invertebrate biology 125(2): 136–153. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2006.00048.x Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid Circeaster (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Goniasteridae) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema. 28(4): 917–954. PDF Reference page.

2007

Mah, C. 2007. Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pentagonaster clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae). Invertebrate systematics 21(4): 311–339. DOI: 10.1071/IS06049 Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2007. Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina; Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150(): 177–210. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-3642.2007.00291.X Reference page.

2008

Foltz, D.W., Nguyen, A.T., Kiger, J.R., Mah, C.L. 2008. Pleistocene speciation of sister taxa in a North Pacific clade of brooding sea stars (Leptasterias). Marine Biology. 154: 593–602. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0952-9

2009

Pawson, D.L., Vance, D.J., Messing, C.G., Solís-Marín, F.A., Mah, C.L..2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota. 1: 1177–1204.
Foltz, D.W., Mah, C.L. 2009. Recent relaxation of purifying selection on the tandem-repetitive early-stage histone H3 gene in brooding sea stars. Marine Genomics. 2(2): 113–118. DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2009.06.002

2010

Mah, C.L., Nizinski, M., Lundsten, L. 2010. Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160(2): 266–301. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00703.x Reference page.
Hardy, S.M., Carr, C.M., Hardman, M., Steinke, D., Corstorphine, E., Mah, C.L 2010. Biodiversity and phylogeography of Arctic marine fauna: insights from molecular tools. Marine Biodiversity. 41(1): 195–210. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-010-0056-x
Foltz, D.W., Mah, C.L. 2010. Difference in larval type explains patterns of nonsynonymous substitutions in two ancient paralogs of the histone H3 gene in sea stars. Evolution & Development. 12(2): 222–230. DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00406.x

2011

Mah, C.L., Foltz, D.W. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 161(4): 769–788. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x Reference page.
Mah, C.L., Foltz, D.W. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 162(3): 646-660. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00688.x Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2011. Taxonomy of high-latitude Goniasteridae (Subantarctic & Antarctic): one new genus, and three new species with an overview and key to taxa. Zootaxa 2759: 1–48. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2759.1.1 Reference page.
Hendrickx, M.E., Mah, C.L., Zárate-Montes, C.M. 2011. Deep-water Asteroidea (Echinodermata) collected during the TALUD cruises in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 82(3): 798–824. DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2011.3.692 Reference page.

2012

White, B.A., McClintock, J., Amsler, C.D., Mah, C.L., Amsler, M.O., White, S., Quetin, L.B., Ross, R.M. 2012. The abundance and distribution of echinoderms in nearshore hard-bottom habitats near Anvers Island, western Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science. 24(6): 554–560. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000569
Mah, C.L., Mercier, A., Hamel, J.-F. Nizinski, M. 2012. Range extensions and taxonomic notes on Atlantic Myxasteridae (Velatida; Asteroidea). Zootaxa 3572: 55–62. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3572.1.7 Reference page.
Mah, C.L.; Blake, D.B. 2012: Global diversity and phylogeny of the Asteroidea (Echinodermata). PLoS ONE 7(4): e35644. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035644 Reference page.

2013

Foltz, D.W., Fatland, S.D., Eléaume, M., Markello, K., Howell, K.L., Neill, K. Mah, C.L. 2013. Global population divergence of the sea star Hippasteria phrygiana corresponds to the onset of the last glacial period of the Pleistocene. Marine Biology. 160(5): 1285–1296. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2180-1
Mah, C.L. 2013. Starfish: Biology & Ecology of the Asteroidea. J. Lawrence, editor. Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University Press. 267 pp.

2014

Gale, K.S.P., Mah, C.L., Hamel, J.-F., Mercier, A. 2014. New records of brisingidan asteroids (Asteroidea: Brisingida) in eastern Canada. Marine Biodiversity Records. 7: e125. DOI: 10.1017/S1755267214001201
Mah, C.L., Neill K., Eléaume, M., Foltz, F.W. 2014. New species and global revision of Hippasteria (Hippasterinae: Goniasteridae; Asteroidea; Echinodermata). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 171(2): 422–456. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12131 Reference page.
Mah, C.L.; Foltz, D.W. 2014: New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with comments on feeding biology. Zootaxa 3795(3): 327–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7 Reference page.

2015

Mah, C.L. 2015. New species, corallivory, in situ video observations and overview of the Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) in the Hawaiian Region. Zootaxa 3926(2): 211–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.3 Reference page.
Mah, C.L., Linse, K.‚ Copley, J., Marsh, L., Rogers, A., Clague, D. & Foltz, D. 2015. Description of a new family, new genus, and two new species of deep-sea Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea), including the first known sea star from hydrothermal vent habitats. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174(1): 93–113. DOI: 10.1111/ZOJ.12229 Reference page.

2016

Glover, A.G., Wiklund, H., Rabone, M., Amon, D.J., Smith, C.R., O'Hara, T., Mah, C.L. & Dahlgren, T.G. 2016. Abyssal fauna of the UK-1 polymetallic nodule exploration claim, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7251. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7251 Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2016. Deep-sea (>1000 m) Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the North Pacific, including an overview of Sibogaster, Bathyceramaster n. gen. and three new species. Zootaxa 4175(2): 101–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1. Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2016. A new species of Brisingenes from the Hawaii undersea military munitions assessment area with an overview of Hawaiian brisingid in situ video observations and functional morphology of subambulacral spines (Forcipulatacea; Asteroidea). Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 128: 43–52. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.06.003 Reference page.
Edwards, M.H. et al. 2016. The Hawaii Undersea Military Munitions Assessment. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 128: 4–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.04.011
McClain, C.R. et al. 2016. Multiple processes generate productivity–diversity relationships in experimental wood-fall communities. Ecology. 97(4): 885–898. DOI: 10.1890/15-1669.1

2017

Amon, D.J., Ziegler, A.F., Kremenetskaia, A., Mah, C.L., Mooi, R., O'Hara, T., Pawson, D.L., Roux, M. & Smith, C.R. 2017. Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e11794. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.5.e11794. Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2017. Overview of the Ferdina-like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species. Zootaxa 4271(1): 1–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1. Reference page.
Linchangco, G.V., Foltz, D.W., Reid, R., Williams, J., Nodzak, C., Kerr, A.M., Miller, A.K., Hunter, R., Wilson, N.G., Mah, C.L., Rouse, G.W., Wray, G.A., Janies, D.A. 2017. The phylogeny of extant starfish (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) including Xyloplax, based on comparative transcriptomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115: 161–170. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.022

2018

Mah, C.L. 2018. New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4539(1): 1–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1 Reference page.
O’Hara, T.D., Mah, C.L., Hipsley, C.A., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Barrett, N.S. 2018. The Derwent River seastar: re-evaluation of a critically endangered marine invertebrate. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186(2): 483–490. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly057
Moreau, C. et al. 2018. Invertebrate diversity in the deep Great Australian Bight (200–5000 m). Marine Biodiversity Records. 11(23): 1–17. DOI: 10.1186/s41200-018-0158-x
MacIntosh, H. et al. 2018. Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Asteroidea database. ZooKeys. 747: 141–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.747.22751

2019

Mecho, A., Easton, E.E., Sellanes, J., Gorny, M., Mah, C.L. 2019. Unexplored diversity of the mesophotic echinoderm fauna of the Easter Island ecoregion. Marine Biology. 166: 91. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-019-3537-x
Kennedy, B.R.C. et al. 2019. The Unknown and the Unexplored: Insights Into the Pacific Deep-Sea Following NOAA CAPSTONE Expeditions. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00480
Howell, K.L. et al. 2019. A framework for the development of a global standardised marine taxon reference image database (SMarTaR-ID) to support image-based analyses. PLoS ONE. 14(12): e0218904. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218904

2020

Mah, C.L. 2020. New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Zootaxa. 4766(2): 201-260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1 Reference page.
Okanishi, M., Mah, C. 2020. Overlooked biodiversity from museum collections: four new species and one new genus of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Antarctica and adjacent regions with notes on multi-armed ophiuroids. Marine Biodiversity. 50(64). DOI: 10.1007/s12526-020-01080-w Reference page.
O’Hara, T.D. et al. 2020. The lower bathyal and abyssal seafloor fauna of eastern Australia. Marine Biodiversity Records. 13(1): 1–27 DOI: 10.1186/s41200-020-00194-1
Mah, C.L., Fujita, T. 2020. New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of Paralophaster from the North Pacific with an overview of Hyalinothrix. Zootaxa. 4750(1): 67–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.4 Reference page.

2021

Gerdes, A., Kihara, T.C., Martínez Arbizu, P., Kuhn, T., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Mah, C.L., Norenburg, J., Linley, T.D., Shalaeva, K., Macpherson, E., Gordon, D., Stöhr, S., Messing, C.G., Bober, S., Guggolz, T., Christodoulou, M., Gebruk, A.V., Kremenetskaia, A., Kroh, A., Sanamyan, K.E., Bolstad, K.S., Hoffman, L., Gooday, A.J., Molodtsova, T. 2021. Megafauna of the German exploration licence area for seafloor massive sulphides along the Central and South East Indian Ridge (Indian Ocean). Biodiversity Data Journal. 9: e69955. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e69955 Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2021. The East Pacific/South Pacific Boundary: New taxa and occurrences from Rapa Nui (Easter Island), New Caledonia and adjacent regions. Zootaxa. 4980(3): 401–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.1 Reference page.

2022

Mah, C.L 2022. New Genera, Species and Occurrences of Deep-Sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the North Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition. Zootaxa. 5164(1): 1–75. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5164.1.1 Reference page.

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