Chondraster grandis

Chondraster grandis

Chondraster grandis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poraniidae
Genus: Chondraster
Species: Chondraster grandis

Name

Chondraster grandis (Verrill, 1878)

Original combination: Porania grandis Verrill, 1878

Type locality: Eastern slope of George's Bank, depth 220 fms.

Syntypes: USNM 5976 [1]; YPM IZ 004852.EC [2].

Synonymy

• Porania grandis Verrill, 1878: 371–372.
• Porania (Chondraster) grandis Verrill, 1878; — Verrill, 1895: 137–138.
• Marginaster fimbriatus Sladen, 1889: 365–366, p. 58 figs. 4–6.
  • Type locality: “Porcupine” Expedition station 31, between north of Ireland and Rockall, 56.250000°N 11.416667°W / 56.250000; -11.416667, depth 1360 fms.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1984: 27).
• Cheilaster fimbriatus (Sladen, 1889) Bell, 1892: 81.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1984: 27).
• Chondraster grandis (Verrill, 1878); — Mah & Foltz, 2014: 334; — Mah, 2020: 213, figs. 5A, D–E.

References

• Bell, F.J. 1892. Catalogue of the British echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History). London: Printed by Order of the Trustees. 1–292. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.11515 .Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. 1984. Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 4. Families Poraniidae and Asteropseidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 47(1): 19–51. BHL Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2020. New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Zootaxa. 4766(2): 201-260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1 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. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1878b. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. No. 2. American Journal of Science (3)16(95): 371–378. BHL. Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1895. Distribution of the echinoderms of north–eastern America. American Journal of Science. 3(49): 127-141. BHL. Reference page. 

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