Ophidiaster macknighti

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: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Ophidiaster
Species: Ophidiaster macknighti

Name

• Ophidiaster macknighti H.E.S. Clark, 1962
  • Type locality: New Zealand, East Cape, NZOI Station No. C 814. 37.666667°S 178.940000°E / -37.666667; 178.940000. Depth 112–84 fms.
  • Holotype: [formely NZOI Holotype Number: 8] NIWA NIC 2114
  • Etymology: named after Donald George McKnight

References

• Clark, H.E.S. 1962. Odinia and Ophidiaster (Asteroidea) in New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington. 30: 1–10. PDF Reference page.  [original description of Ophidiaster macknighti p. 2–4]
• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page.  [as Ophidiaster macknighti p. 168–169]
• Mah, C.L. 2021. The East Pacific/South Pacific Boundary: New taxa and occurrences from Rapa Nui (Easter Island), New Caledonia and adjacent regions. Zootaxa. 4980(3): 401–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.1 Reference page.  [as Ophidiaster macknighti p. 436–437]
• Mah, C.L. (2023). World Asteroidea Database. Ophidiaster macknighti H.E.S. Clark, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291674 on 2023-03-02
• NIWA (2018): NIWA Invertebrate Collection. v1.1. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=obisspecify&v=1.1 https://doi.org/10.15468/6qgswo accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-02. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2424036879