Echinaster farquhari

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
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: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Echinasteridae
Genus: Echinaster
Species: Echinaster farquhari

Name

Echinaster farquhari Benham, 1909

• Type locality: New Zealand, off Otago Heads. Depth 18–38 fms.
• Etymology: named after Henry Alexander Russell Farquhar.

Synonymy

• Echinaster farquhari Benham, 1909: 98–100, pl. 8 figs. 1–4; — Fell, 1958: 13; 1960: 62, pl. 3; — McKnight, 2006: 28–29, pl. 21.

References

• Benham, W.B. 1909. Scientific results of the New Zealand Government Trawling Expedition 1907. Echinoderma. Records of the Canterbury Museum. 1(2): 83–116. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University College. 24: 1-40. Online Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 5: 1–31. PDF Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.