Asteroporpa pulchra

Asteroporpa pulchra; Fig. 7.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euryalida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Euryalida

Familia: Gorgonocephalidae
Genus: Asteroporpa
Subgenus: Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa)
Species: Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa) pulchra

Name

Asteroporpa pulchra H.L. Clark, 1915

Type locality: Off Barbados, Atlantic Ocean. Depth: 56-125 fms.

Holotype: MCZ OPH-2808 [1]

Paratypes: MCZ OPH-2809 [2]; MCZ OPH-2810 [3]

References

• Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Asteroporpa pulchra p. 182]
• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page.  [as Asteroporpa pulchra p. 76]