Calliderma emma

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Calliderma
Species: Calliderma emma

Name

• Calliderma emma Gray, 1847
  • Type locality: ?Japan
  • Holotype: BMNH 1843.3.10.8 [1]

Synonymy

• Calliderma spectabilis Fisher, 1906
• Pentagonaster emma (Gray, 1847)

• Synonymized by Liao & Clark (1995)
• Type locality: USA, Hawaii, north of Laysan Island. "Albatross" station 3938. Depth 271-298 m.
• Holotype: USNM 21166 [2]
• Paratypes: USNM 31623; USNM 31916; USNM 31915; USNM 32203; USNM 31917; USNM 31914; USNM 32204; USNM 31913; USNM 31918; USNM 31622; USNM 32266; CASIZ 2853; CASIZ 2855

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1906. The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 23(3): 987–1130. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Calliderma spectabilis p. 1058–1061]
• Gray, J.E. 1847. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 72–83. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Calliderma emma p. 77]
• Mah, C.L. 2015. New species, corallivory, in situ video observations and overview of the Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) in the Hawaiian Region. Zootaxa 3926(2): 211–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.3 Reference page.  [as Calliderma emma p. 221–222]
• Mah, C.L. 2018. New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4539(1): 1–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1 Reference page.  [as Calliderma emma p. 29]
• Mah, C.L. (2023). World Asteroidea Database. Calliderma emma Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368801 on 2023-02-28