Bernasconiaster pipi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genera: Bernasconiaster
Species: Bernasconiaster pipi

Name

Bernasconiaster pipi Rivadeneira & Brogger, 2020

• Holotype: Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon 37°50'S 54°05'W, 1398m, R/V Puerto Deseado L59, 10 Sep 2013, MACN-In 43344

• Type locality: Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon area (38°S; 54°W), from 997 to 1398m depth.

• Etymology: The specific name is in honor of ahonors a close friend. Noun in apposition.

References

• Rivadeneira, P.R., Martinez, M.I., Penchaszadeh, P.E. & Brogger, M.I., 2020. Reproduction and description of a new genus and species of deep-sea asteriid sea star (Echinodermata; Asteroidea) from the southwestern Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 103348. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103348 . Reference page.