Atheraster arandae

Circeaster arandae, holotype

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Subfamilia: Circeasterinae
Genus: Atheraster
Species: Atheraster arandae

Name

Atheraster arandae (Mah, 2006)

Original combination: Circeaster arandae Mah, 2006

Type locality: Madagascar. 13.813334°S 47.490002°E / -13.813334; 47.490002, 1800- 2000 m, 27.II.1975.

Holotype: MNHN-IE-2014-319 [EcAs 11727] [1].

Paratypes: MNHN-IE-2014-320 [EcAs 11728] [2]; MNHN-IE-2014-322 [EcAs 11729] [3].

Synonymy

• Circeaster arandae Mah, 2006: 934–935, fig. 5A–C; — Jangoux, 2022: 267.
• Atheraster arandae (Mah, 2006) Mah, 2022: 26, fig. 8C–E; — Mah, 2024a: 5.

References

• Jangoux, M. 2022. The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle of Paris. Zoosystema. 44(11): 259–334. DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11 PDF Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid Circeaster (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Goniasteridae) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema. 28(4): 917–954. PDF Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L 2022. New Genera, Species and Occurrences of Deep-Sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the North Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition. Zootaxa. 5164(1): 1–75. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5164.1.1 Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2024a. New Goniasteridae and in situ observations significant to deep-sea coral predation. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 1–35. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.01 . Reference page. 

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