Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa

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 scrippscognaticausa

Name

Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa Shen et al., 2024

• ZooBank: E021A9C6-53D8-4DA2-987D-CA2C0D6DBD1E

• Type locality: Pacific Ocean, on wood at Mound 11, Costa Rica, 8.9221°N 84.3045°W / 8.9221; -84.3045, 1010 m depth.

• Holotype: SIO BIC E11441 [1].

• Paratypes: SIO BIC E7290 [2]; SIO BIC E4383 [3]; SIO BIC E4549 [4]; SIO BIC E7075 [5]; SIO BIC E7289 [6]; SIO BIC E11221 [7]; SIO BIC E11442 [8].

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. 363–371, figs. 5–10]

Links

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