Allostichaster insignis

Allostichaster insignis

Allostichaster insignis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Stichasteridae
Genus: Allostichaster
Species: Allostichaster insignis

Name

Allostichaster insignis (Farquhar, 1895)

• original combination: Stichaster insignis Farquhar, 1895
• Type locality: Wellington Harbour or Taylor's Mistake, Lyttelton New Zealand. Depth 18–22 m.
• Typus: CMNZ.

Synonymy

• Stichaster insignis Farquhar, 1895: 203–205, pl. 10, 11, 12 figs. 1–14, pl. 13 fig. 1.
• Allostichaster insignis (Farquhar, 1895) Koehler, 1920: 85–86 [in text], pl. 20 figs. 2–7, pl. 65 fig. 2; — Mortensen, 1925: 316–318, fig. 19a–b; — Fell, 1960: 66; — H.E.S. Clark, 1970: 22–23; — McKnight, 2006: 50–51, pl. 46.

References

• Clark, H.E.S. 1970. Sea-stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from" Eltanin" Cruise 26, with a Review of the New Zealand Asteroid Fauna. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington. 52: 1–34. PDF. Reference page. 
• Farquhar, H.A.R. 1895. Notes on New Zealand Echinoderms. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 27: 194–208. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 5: 1–31. PDF Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R 1920. Echinodermata Asteroidea. Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14). Scientific Reports. Series C, Zoology and botany 8(1): 1–308. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1925. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III–V. Asteroidea, Holothurioidea and Crinoidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 79(15): 261–420. PDF. Reference page.