Archaster angulatus

Archaster angulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
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: Valvatida

Familia: Archasteridae
Genus: Archaster
Species: Archaster angulatus

Name

Archaster angulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842

Type locality: Mauritius.

Syntypes: MNHN-IE-2014-1158 [1]; MNHN-IE-2014-474 [2].

Synonymy

• Archaster angulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842: 66.
• Archaster mauritianus von Martens, 1866
  • Synonymized by Perrier (1875).
• Archaster laevis H.L. Clark, 1938: 75–77, pl. 17 fig. 2.
  • Type locality: Australia, Western Australia, Broome. 17.971382°S 122.241280°E / -17.971382; 122.241280. Depth 5–8 fms.
  • Holotype: MCZ AST-3135 [3].
  • Paratypes: MCZ AST-3136 [4]; MCZ AST-3137 [5]; BMNH 1939.6.15.66 [6].
  • Synonymized by Sukarno & Jangoux (1977).

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. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page.