Atheraster umbo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa 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 umbo

Name

Atheraster umbo Mah, 2024

• Type locality: Cocos (Keeling) Islands Territory, Indian Ocean, Australia. 11.832222°S 96.626667°E / -11.832222; 96.626667, 1896–1589 m. Coll. Tim O’Hara et al. aboard RV Investigator, IN 2022 V08 IOT 2, Marine Invertebrates Team, 14–15 Oct 2022.

• Holotype: NMV F 307974.

• Paratypes: NMV F 84959 [1]; NMV F 159690; MNHN-IE-2013-7118.

Synonymy

• Atheraster umbo Mah, 2024: 10–13, figs. 4a–f, 5a–f; — Mah, 2026: 3–5, fig. 1A–D.

References

• 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. 
• Mah, C.L. 2026. New genera, species and occurrences of Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) from New Caledonia. Megataxa 19(1): 001–113. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.1.1 . Reference page.