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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, Illinois, US

1999 to 2005-07 | PhD (Geology)
Education
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Christopher Mah

San Francisco State University: San Francisco, CA, US

1993 to 1998 | Masters (Biology)
Education
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Christopher Mah

Humboldt State University: Arcata, CA, US

1988 to 1993 | B.S. (Zoology)
Education
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Christopher Mah

Professional activities (2)

National Museum of Natural History: DC, DC, US

2005-08 to present | Research Associate (Invertebrate Zoology)
Invited position
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Christopher Mah

NOAA Ocean Exploration: Silver Spring, MD, US

2017-07-04 to 2017-08-06 | Science Lead for Okeanos Explorer
Invited position
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Christopher Mah

Works (25)

Plio-Pleistocene deep-sea crinoid (Echinodermata) diversity from the western Rodrigues Ridge, Indian Ocean, revealed by microfossil evidence

Zootaxa
2025-02-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5583.3.5
Contributors: MICHEL ROUX; BEN THUY; ANDY S. GALE
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New genera and species of deep-sea Goniasteridae (Asteroidea) from the North Pacific

Zootaxa
2024-12-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.4.1
Contributors: CHRISTOPHER L. MAH
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New Ecological Observations and Occurrence for Asteroidea and Echinoidea in Hong Kong

Zootaxa
2024-10-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5526.1.1
Contributors: SAM KING FUNG YIU; CHRISTOPHER L. MAH
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Catalogue of the Asteroidea (sea stars, phylum Echinodermata) collected by the IN2021_V04 and IN2022_V08 expeditions to the Australian Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands Territories

Museum Victoria Science Reports
2024-06-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.25
Contributors: Christopher L. Mah
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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
2024-04-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.4.2
Contributors: CHRISTOPHER L. MAH
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New Taxa and Occurrences of Mesophotic and Deep-sea Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) from Okinawa and adjacent regions

Zootaxa
2024-01-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.1.1
Contributors: CHRISTOPHER L. MAH; YOICHI KOGURE; TOSHIHIKO FUJITA; TAKUO HIGASHIJI
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New Genera, Species, and observations on the biology of Antarctic Valvatida (Asteroidea)

Zootaxa
2023-06-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5310.1.1
Contributors: CHRISTOPHER L. MAH
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New Genera, Species and Occurrences of Deep-Sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the North Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition

Zootaxa
2022-07-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5164.1.1
Contributors: CHRISTOPHER L. MAH
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Range extension of the Regulus seastar Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Oreasteridae): evidence of tropicalization of the east Australian coast

Technical Reports of the Australian Museum online
2021-12-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3853/j.1835-4211.35.2021.1788
Contributors: Stephen J. Keable; Christopher L. Mah
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<p><strong>The East Pacific/South Pacific Boundary: New taxa and occurrences from Rapa Nui (Easter Island), New Caledonia and adjacent regions</strong></p>

Zootaxa
2021-06-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.1
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
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Christopher Mah
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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
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-020-01080-w
Part of ISSN: 1867-1616
Part of ISSN: 1867-1624
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Christopher Mah

<p><strong>New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea </strong><strong>Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship <em>Okeanos</em> <em>Explorer</em></strong></p>

Zootaxa
2020-04-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
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Christopher Mah

<p><strong>New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of Paralophaster from the North Pacific with an overview of <em>Hyalinothrix</em></strong></p>

Zootaxa
2020-03-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.4
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
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Christopher Mah

The Derwent River seastar: re-evaluation of a critically endangered marine invertebrate

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2019-05-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly057
Part of ISSN: 0024-4082
Part of ISSN: 1096-3642
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Christopher Mah

New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean

Zootaxa
2018-12-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
Source: Self-asserted source
Christopher Mah

Overview of the Ferdina-like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species

Zootaxa
2017-05-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
Source: Self-asserted source
Christopher Mah

Deep-sea (&gt;1000 m) Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the North Pacific, including an overview of Sibogaster, Bathyceramaster n. gen. and three new species

Zootaxa
2016-10-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
Source: Self-asserted source
Christopher Mah

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
2016-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.06.003
Part of ISSN: 0967-0645
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Christopher Mah

A new Atlantic species of Evoplosoma with taxonomic summary and in situ observations of Atlantic deep-sea corallivorous Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea)

Marine Biodiversity Records
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s1755267214001407
Part of ISSN: 1755-2672
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Christopher Mah

<p><strong>New species, corallivory, <em>in situ</em> video observations and overview of the Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) in the Hawaiian Region</strong></p>

Zootaxa
2015-03-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.3
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
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Christopher Mah

<p><strong>New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with Comments on Feeding Biology</strong></p>

Zootaxa
2014-05-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
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Christopher Mah

Range Extensions and Taxonomic Notes on Atlantic Myxasteridae (Velatida; Asteroidea)

Zootaxa
2012-12-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3572.1.7
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
Source: Self-asserted source
Christopher Mah

Global Diversity and Phylogeny of the Asteroidea (Echinodermata)

PLoS ONE
2012-04-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035644
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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Christopher Mah

Taxonomy of High-Latitude Goniasteridae (Subantarctic &amp; Antarctic): one new genus, and three new species with an overview and key to taxa

Zootaxa
2011-02-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2759.1.1
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
Source: Self-asserted source
Christopher Mah

Taxonomy of the South Pacific brisingidan Brisingaster robillardi (Asteroidea) with new ontogenetic and phylogenetic information

Zoosystema
1999 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5962/p.270149
Contributors: Christopher L Mah
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