Astrodia plana

Asteronyx excavata, figs. 3–4.

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: Asteronychidae
Genus: Astrodia
Species: Astrodia plana

Name

Astrodia plana (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Original combination: Asteronyx plana Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Type locality: Albatross Station 3376, South of Malpelo Island; Depth: 2071 m.

Lectotype: MCZ OPH-2824 [1] designated by Okanishi & Fujita (2014: 196).

Paralectotype: USNM 19601 [2] designated by Okanishi & Fujita (2014: 196).

Synonymy

• Asteronyx plana Lütken & Mortensen, 1899: 186–187, pl. 21 figs. 3–4, pl. 22 figs. 7–9; — Döderlein, 1911: 116; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 180; — Downey, 1969: 43.
• Astrodia plana (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Döderlein, 1927: 69–70, 98, pl. 8 figs. 1–2d; — Okanishi & Fujita, 2014: 195–198, figs. 8–9.

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. 
• Döderlein, L. 1911. Über japanische und andere Euryalae. Abhandlungen der math. phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften II, Suppl. 5: 1-123. BHL Reference page. 
• Döderlein, L. 1927. Indopacifische Euryalae. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung. 31(6): 1-105. DOI: 10.1515/9783486755459 Reference page. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F., & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. fish comission steamer "Albatross", duing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23(2): 97-208. BHL Reference page. 
• Okanishi, M., Fujita, T. 2014. A taxonomic review of the genus Astrodia (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Asteronychidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90(2): 133-146. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315413001331 ResearchGate Reference page.