Smilasterias clarkailsa

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Forcipulatida

Smilasterias clarkailsa O’Loughlin & O’Hara, 1990

Type locality: Australia, off Lusitania Bay, Macquarie Island. 54°43′30″S 158°53′06″E / 54.725°S 158.885°E / -54.725; 158.885. Depth 102.5 m.

Holotype: NMV F53754 [1].

Paratypes: NMV F53753 [2]; NMV F53755 [3].

Etymology: named after Ailsa McGown Clark.

Smilasterias clarkailsa O’Loughlin & O’Hara, 1990: 316–317, pl. 1 fig. f–g; — O’Hara, 1999: 189–190; — McKnight, 2006: 66–67, pl. 61.

McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.
O’Hara, T.D. 1990. Systematics and biology of Macquarie Island echinoderms. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 57(2): 167–223. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1999.57.09 Reference page.
O’Loughlin, P.M. & O’Hara, T.D. 1990. A review of the genus Smilasterias (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), with descriptions of two new species from southeastern Australia, one a gastric brooder, and a new species from Macquarie Island. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 50(2): 307–323. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1990.50.05 Reference page.