Rosaster symbolicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
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: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Rosaster
Species: Rosaster symbolicus

Name

Rosaster symbolicus (Sladen, 1889)

original combination: Nymphaster symbolicus Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Indonesia, Kei Islands. Depth 256 m.

Holotype: BMNH 1890.5.7.435 [1].

Synonymy

• Nymphaster symbolicus Sladen, 1889: 297–300, pl. 50 figs. 1–2, pl. 53 figs. 7–8.
• Nymphaster symbolicus var. breviradiata Sladen, 1889: 300–301.
• Rosaster breviradiata (Sladen, 1889)
• Nymphaster (Nereidaster) symbolicus Sladen, 1889; – Verrill, 1899: 186.
• Nereidaster symbolicus (Sladen, 1889) Fisher, 1906: 1048, 1049.
• Rosaster symbolicus (Sladen, 1889) Fisher, 1913: 630; 1919: 253–255, pl. 91 fig. 6; — Jangoux, 1981: 472, pl. 4 figs. 1–3.

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1906. The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 23(3): 987–1130. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1913. Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 43(1944): 599–648. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions, vol. 3 . Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100(3): 1–547. 156 pls. hdl: 10088/21263 BHL Reference page. 
• Jangoux, M. 1981. Echinodermes : Astéroïdes. In: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM: 1. Philippines (18-28 Mars 1976). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 91: 457–476. PDF 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. 1899. Revision of certain Genera and Species of Starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234. BHL. Reference page.