Chondraster elattosis

Chondraster elattosis, fig. 4.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Poraniidae
Genus: Chondraster
Species: Chondraster elattosis

Name

Chondraster elattosis H.L. Clark, 1923

Type locality: South Africa, south from Cape Infanta, 36.816667°S 21.233333°E / -36.816667; 21.233333, depth 560 fms.

Holotype: SAM A6448.

Synonymy

• Chondraster elattosis H.L. Clark, 1923: 274–275, pl. 8 fig. 4; — A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 73–74; — A.M. Clark & Downey 1992: 202; — Mah & Foltz, 2014: 333–334.

References

• Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The echinoderms of Southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Natural History): 1–277 Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. & Downey, M.E. 1992. Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1923a. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 13(7): 221–435, pls VIII–XXIII. BHL Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. & Foltz, D.W. 2014. New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with comments on feeding biology. Zootaxa 3795(3): 327–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7 Reference page.