Ailsastra heteractis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
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: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Asterinidae
Genus: Ailsastra
Species: Ailsastra heteractis

Name

• Ailsastra heteractis (H.L. Clark, 1938) O’Loughlin & Rowe, 2005
  • original combination: Asterina heteractis H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Type locality: Australia, Lord Howe Island, Ned's Beach. 31.516000°S 159.083000°E / -31.516000; 159.083000.
  • Holotype: MCZ AST-3258 [1]
  • Paratypes: MCZ AST-3259 [2]; MCZ AST-3260 [3]

Synonymy

• Aquilonastra heteractis (H.L. Clark, 1938) O’Loughlin & Waters 2004
• Asterina heteractis H.L. Clark, 1938

References

• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Asterina heteractis p. 150–152 (original description)]
• O’Loughlin, P.M., Rowe, F.W.E. 2005. A new asterinid genus from the Indo-West Pacific region, including five new species (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 62(2): 181–189. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2005.62.6 Reference page.  [as Ailsastra heteractis p. 188 (recombination)]
• O’Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 1–40. BHL DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1 Full article (PDF). Reference page.  [as Aquilonastra heteractis p. 13 (recombination)]