Coscinasterias acutispina

Coscinasterias acutispina

Coscinasterias acutispina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Coscinasterias
Species: Coscinasterias acutispina

Name

Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862)

original combination: Asterias acutispina Stimpson, 1862

Type locality: North Pacific Ocean. Japan, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Amami O Shima.

Syntypes: USNM 1231 [1]; USNM 1234 [2].

Synonymy

• Asterias acutispina Stimpson, 1862: 262–263
• Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862); — Ely, 1942: 29–30, pl. 9 fig. B, fig. 2.

References

• Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. 
• Stimpson, W. 1862. On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8: 261-273. BHL Reference page.