Evoplosoma claguei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
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 Subordo: Granulosina

Evoplosoma claguei Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010

Type locality: Rodriguez Seamount 33°57′N 121°08′W / 33.95°N 121.13°W / 33.95; -121.13, 1842.8 m, coll. ROV Tiburon, Sta. T-629, A8, 14.x.2003.

Holotype: USNM 1124507 [1].

Paratype: SIO E2440.

Etymology: named after David A. Clague.

Evoplosoma claguei Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010: 278–279, fig. 7A–F; — Mah, 2015a: 5; — Mah, 2016: 116; — Seid et al., 2025: 159, fig. 61C–D.

Mah, C.L. 2015a. A new Atlantic species of Evoplosoma with taxonomic summary and in situ observations of Atlantic deep-sea corallivorous Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea). Marine Biodiversity Records. 8: e5. DOI: 10.1017/S1755267214001407 . Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2016. Deep-sea (>1000 m) Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the North Pacific, including an overview of Sibogaster, Bathyceramaster n. gen. and three new species. Zootaxa 4175(2): 101–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1. Reference page.
Mah, C.L., Nizinski, M., Lundsten, L. 2010. Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160(2): 266–301. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00703.x Reference page.
Seid, C.A., Hiley, A.S., McCowin, M.F., Carvajal, J.I., Cha, H., Ahyong, S.T., Ashford, O.S., Breedy, O., Eernisse, D.J., Goffredi, S.K., Hendrickx, M.E., Kocot, K.M., Mah, C.L., Miller, A.K., Koch, N.M., Mooi, R., O'Hara, T.D., Pleijel, F., Stiller, J., Tilic, E., Valentich-Scott, P., Warén, A., Wicksten, M.K., Wilson, N.G., Cordes, E.E., Levin, L.A., Cortés, J. & Rouse, G.W. 2025. A faunal inventory of methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica. ZooKeys 1222: 1–250. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1222.134385 Reference page.