Caymanostella davidalani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Velatida
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: Velatida

Familia: Caymanostellidae
Genus: Caymanostella
Species: Caymanostella davidalani

Name

Caymanostella davidalani Shen et al., 2024

• ZooBank: 7FD1BAD4-DFC1-4310-960A-EA4BAFAA06BC

• Type locality: Pacific Ocean, on wood at Seamount 2, Costa Rica, 8.800300°N 85.189900°W / 8.800300; -85.189900, 1837 m depth.

• Holotype: SIO BIC E7101 [1].

• Paratypes: SIO BIC E11440 [2]; MZUCR ECH2403.

References

• Shen, Z., Mongiardino Koch, N., Seid, C., Tilic, E., Rouse, G.W. 2024. Three New Species of Deep-Sea Wood-Associated Sea Stars (Asteroidea: Caymanostellidae) from the Eastern Pacific. Zootaxa 5536(3): 351–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.1 . Reference page.  [p. 371–379, figs. 11–13]

Links

• Caymanostella davidalani Shen, Koch, Seid, Tilic & Rouse, 2024 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on August 23, 2025