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Publications (33)      

1. Amon, Diva J., Amanda Ziegler, Antonina Kremenetskaia, Christopher L. Mah, Rich Mooi, Timothy D. O’Hara, David L. Pawson, Michel Roux & Craig R. Smith. 2017 Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata. Biodiversity Data Journal 5(e11794).
2. Blake, D. J. & Christopher L. Mah. 2014 Comments on "The phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Neoasteroidea, Echinodermata)" by A.S. Gale and perspectives on the systematics of the Asteroidea Zootaxa 3779(2): 177–194.
3. Glover, Adrian G., Helena Wiklund, Muriel Rabone, Diva J. Amon, Craig R. Smith, Timothy D. O’Hara, Christopher L. Mah & Thomas G. Dahlgren. 2016 Abyssal fauna of the UK-1 polymetallic nodule exploration claim, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata. Biodiversity Data Journal 4(e7251).
4.   Mah, Christopher L. 1998 New records, taxonomic notes, and a checklist of Hawaiian starfish Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 55: 65-71.
5. Mah, Christopher L. 2003 Astrosarkus idipi, a new Indo-Pacific genus and species of Oreasteridae (Valvatida: Asteroidea) displaying extreme endoskeletal reduction Bulletin of Marine Science 73(3): 685–698.
6. Mah, Christopher L. 2015 A new Atlantic species of Evoplosoma with taxonomic summary and in situ observations of Atlantic deep-sea corallivorous Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) Marine Biodiversity Records 8(e5): 1-15.
7. Mah, Christopher 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.
8. Mah, Christopher 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.
9. Mah, Christopher 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.
10. Mah, Christopher L. 2018 New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean Zootaxa 4539(1): 1–116.
11. Mah, Christopher 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.
12. Mah, Christopher 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.
13. Mah, Christopher L. 2022 A new genus and species of Goniasteridae, Peedeeaster sandersoni, and the first occurrence of Sclerasterias (Asteriidae) from the Cretaceous Peedee Formation of North Carolina Zootaxa 5138(5): 533-548.
14. Mah, Christopher 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.
15. Mah, Christopher L. 2023 A new species of Astrosarkus from Western Australia including new Mesophotic occurrences of Indian Ocean Oreasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) Memoirs of Museum Victoria 82: 143-165.
16. Mah, Christopher L. 2023 New Genera, Species, and observations on the biology of Antarctic Valvatida (Asteroidea) Zootaxa 5310(1): 001-088.
17. Mah, Christopher L. 2023 New Occurrence of Poraniidae (Valvatacea, Asteroidea) in Australia with a new genus and species from deep-sea settings Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 82: 119-131.
18. Mah, Christopher L. 2023 New Occurrences and a New Genus and Species of “Toothless” Odontasteridae (Asteroidea) from Australian Waters Records of the Western Australian Museum 38(2023): 49-67.
19. Mah, Christopher L. 2024 New genera and species of deep-sea Goniasteridae (Asteroidea) from the North Pacific Zootaxa 5543(4): 451-500.
20. Mah, Christopher L. 2024 New Goniasteridae and In situ Observations Significant to Deep-Sea Coral Predation Memoirs of Museum Victoria 83: 1-35.
21. Mah, Christopher L. 2024 Two New Taxa of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) and Noteworthy Observations of Deep-Sea Asteroidea by the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in the North and Tropical Atlantic Zootaxa 5432(4): 461-508.
22. Mah, Christopher L. 2025 New Australian deep-sea Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Valvatacea) Memoirs of Museum Victoria 84: 49-88.
23. Mah, Christopher L. & David W. Foltz. 2014 New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with Comments on Feeding Biology Zootaxa 3795(3): 327–372.
24. Mah, Christopher L. & Toshihiko Fujita. 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.
25. Mah, Christopher L., Annie Mercier, Jean-françois Hamel & Martha S. Nizinski. 2012 Range Extensions and Taxonomic Notes on Atlantic Myxasteridae (Velatida; Asteroidea) Zootaxa 3572: 55-62.
Mah, Christopher L., Katrin Linse, Jonathan T. Copley, Leigh Marsh, Alex Rogers, D. A. Clague & David W. Foltz. 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.
Mah, Christopher L., Yoichi Kogure, Toshihiko Fujita & Takuo Higashiji. 2024 New Taxa and Occurrences of Mesophotic and Deep-sea Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) from Okinawa and adjacent regions Zootaxa 5403(1): 001-041.
O’Hara, Timothy D., Christopher L. Mah, Christy A. Hipsley, Guadalupe Bribiesca Contreras & Neville S. Barrett. 2018 The Derwent River seastar: re-evaluation of a critically endangered marine invertebrate Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86(2): 483-490.
Okanishi, Masanori & Christopher L. Mah. 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).
Payne, Cheyenne, Ekin Tilic, Rachel Boschen, Amanda Gannon, Josefin Stiller, Avery S. Hiley, Benjamin Grupe, Christopher L. Mah & Greg W. Rouse. 2023 A new Xyloplax species (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) that is not always associated with wood falls Diversity 15(12): 1212.
Seid, Charlotte A., Avery S. Hiley, Marina F. McCowin, José I. Carvajal, Harim Cha, Shane T. Ahyong, Oliver S. Ashford, Odalisca Breedy, Douglas J. Eernisse, Shana K. Goffredi, Michel E. Hendrickx, Kevin M. Kocot, Christopher L. Mah, Allison K. Miller, Nicolás M. Koch, Rich Mooi, Timothy D. O’Hara, Fredrik Pleijel, Josefin Stiller, Ekin Tilic, Paul Valentich-Scott, Anders Warén, Mary K. Wicksten, Nerida G. Wilson, Erik E. Cordes, Lisa A. Levin, Jorge Cortés & Greg W. Rouse. 2025 A faunal inventory of methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica ZooKeys 1222: 1-250.
Setiamarga, Davin H. E., Rena Shiba, Yuki Kamito, Masaki Yamamoto, Nazifa N. B. Razali, Mikihito Arai, Toshihiko Fujita & Christopher L. Mah. 2019 Two partial mitochondrial gene sequences (COI and 12S-rRNA) suggested that Ceramaster japonicus (Sladen, 1889) and Ceramaster patagonicus (Sladen, 1889) (Asteroidea: Goniasteridae) from the Japanese waters are probably of the same species Zoosymposia 15(1): 129–140.
Yiu, Sam K. F. & Christopher L. Mah. 2024 New Ecological Observations and Occurrence for Asteroidea and Echinoidea in Hong Kong Zootaxa 5526(1): 001-069.
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