Benthopecten
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Notomyotida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Benthopectinidae
Genus: Benthopecten
Species:
B. acanthonotus –
B. claviger –
B. cognatus –
B. folini –
B. heteracanthus –
B. huddlestonii –
B. indicus –
B. moluccanus –
B. munidae –
B. mutabilis –
B. pectinifer –
B. pedicifer –
B. pentacanthus –
B. pikei –
B. polyctenius –
B. rhopalophorus –
B. semisquamatus –
B. simplex –
B. spinosissimus –
B. spinosus –
B. spinuliger –
B. styracius –
B. violaceus
Name
[edit]- Benthopecten Verrill, 1884
- Type species: Benthopecten spinosus Verrill, 1884 (by monotypy)
Synonymy
[edit]- Pararchaster Sladen, 1885: 610; 1889: 4–7.
- Synonymized by Verrill (1895)
- Type species: Pararchaster pedicifer Sladen, 1889 (by monotypy)
References
[edit]- Clark, A.M. 1981. Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 41: 91–135. BHL Reference page. [as Benthopecten p. 122–130]
- Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. [as Benthopecten p. 142–144]
- Sladen, P. 1885. The Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S., and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. Narrative 1(2): 607-617. BHL 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., 1884. Notice of the Remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the Outer Banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 9. The American journal of science ser. 3. 28(165): 213-220. BHL Reference page. [original description of Benthopecten p. 218]
- Verrill, A.E. 1895. Distribution of the echinoderms of north–eastern America. American Journal of Science. 3(49): 127-141. BHL. Reference page. [as Benthopecten p. 130, synonymy]
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