Pauliastra aenigma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
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

Familia: Asterodiscididae
Genus: Pauliastra
Species: Pauliastra aenigma

Name

Pauliastra aenigma (Ludwig, 1905) Mah, 2021

original combination: Pauliella aenigma Ludwig, 1905

Type locality: Costa Rica; Cocos Island; Depth 121m.

Syntype: USNM 34431 [1]

References

• Ludwig, H. 1905. Asterroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 32: vii–xii, 1–292. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Pauliella aenigma p. 151–156]
• 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 Pauliastra aenigma n. comb. p. 413–414]