Alloceramaster grenadensis

Alloceramaster grenadensis

Alloceramaster grenadensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Alloceramaster
Species: Alloceramaster grenadensis

Name

Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881)

Original combination: Pentagonaster grenadensis Perrier, 1881

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, off Grenada, 12.0652777°N 61.827777°W / 12.0652777; -61.827777, depth 576 fms.

Holotype: MCZ:IZ:AST-416 [1].

Synonymy

(List may be incomplete)

• Pentagonaster grenadensis Perrier, 1881: 19–20; — Perrier, 1884: 168, 181, 186, 232–233, pl. 8(2); — Sladen, 1889: 265, 266, 744; — Perrier, 1894: 39, 390.
• Pentagonaster crassus Perrier, 1885a: 886; — Perrier, 1885b: 34; — Perrier, 1896: 45.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster deplasi Perrier, 1885a: 886; — Perrier, 1885b: 34.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster gosselini Perrier, 1885a: 886; — Perrier, 1885b: 35; — Perrier, 1894: 399–401, pl. 26(4); — Perrier, 1896: 45: — Koehler, 1909b: 84, pl. 1(9).
  • Syntypes: MNHN-IE-2014-114 [2]; MNHN-IE-2014-115 [3]; MNHN-IE-2014-117 [4]; MNHN-IE-2014-120 [5]; MNHN-IE-2014-588 [6]; MNHN-IE-2014-664 [7]; MNHN-IE-2014-667 [8].
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster haesitans Perrier, 1885b: 36; — Perrier, 1894: 397–399, pl. 23(7), 25(2).
  • Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Morocco, off Cape Ghir, 30.15°N 11.68333°W / 30.15; -11.68333, depth 2210 fms.
  • Holotype: MNHN-IE-2014-118 [9].
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Astrogonium greeni Bell, 1889: 433–434, pl. 19(4).
  • Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, southwest coast of Ireland, depth 1000 fms.
  • Holotype: BMNH 1889.9.2.77 [10].
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster balteatus Sladen, 1891: 688–690, pl. 25(1–5); — Farran, 1913: 9–10.
  • Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Ireland, 51.016667°N 11.833333°W / 51.016667; -11.833333, depth 750 fms.
  • Type: NMI.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster greeni (Bell, 1889) Bell, 1892: 74–75, textfig.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster hystricis von Marenzeller, 1893: 4–5, pl. 1(2, 2A), pl. 2(2B–C).
  • Syntype: ZMB Collection Echinodermata 3710 [11].
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster granularis var. deplasi Perrier, 1885; — Perrier, 1894: 401–402, pl. 26(3).
• Pentagonaster kergroheni Koehler, 1895: 453–454, fig. 2; — Koehler, 1896a: 63–66, figs. 8–10.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Tosia (Ceramaster) greenei (Bell, 1889) Verrill, 1899: 161.
  • Misspelling of T. greeni.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Tosia (Ceramaster) haesitans (Perrier, 1885) Verrill, 1899: 162.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Tosia (Ceramaster) grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) Verrill, 1899: 162.
• Tosia (Ceramaster) gosselini (Perrier, 1885) Verrill, 1899: 162.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881); — Verrill, 1915: 222; — H.L. Clark, 1941: 38–39; — A.H. Clark, 1954: 375; — Halpern, 1970: 213–218, figs. 8–9; — Halpern in Downey, 1973: 49–50, pl. 17(C–D); — Mah, 2020: 216–217, fig. 6(B–D); — Durán-González et al., 2024: 15.
• Ceramaster hystricis (von Marenzeller, 1893) Koehler, 1924: 176–178; — Cherbonnier, 1956: 4.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Ceramaster balteatus (Sladen, 1891) Mortensen, 1927: 82–83, fig. 45.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) Mah, 2025: 55–57, fig. 3.

References

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• Bell, F.J. 1892. Catalogue of the British echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History). London: Printed by Order of the Trustees. 1–292. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.11515 .Reference page. 
• Clark, A.H. 1954. Echinoderms (other than holothurians) of the Gulf of Mexico. Fishery bulletin. 55(89): 373–379. BHL. Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page. 
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Links

• Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on May 24, 2025

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