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)

(List may be incomplete)

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., 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. 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.

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.

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.

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.