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)

• 15 taxon names authored by Christopher L. Mah

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.