Midgardia xandaros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brisingida
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: Brisingida

Familia: Brisingidae
Genus: Midgardia
Species: Midgardia xandaros

Name

Midgardia xandaros Downey, 1972: 422

• Holotype: USNM E11420, collected by Texas A&M University R/V Alaminos on 18 August 1969.
• Type locality: “Alaminos Station 69-A-ll, 19°02.6’N, 95°27.5’W, 250 fms”.

References

Primary references

• Downey, M.E. 1972. Midgardia xandaros new genus, new species, a large brisingid starfish from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(48): 421–426. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Midgardia xandaros in the World Register of Marine Species