Perissasterias monocantha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Perissasterias
Species: Perissasterias monocantha

Name

Perissasterias monocantha McKnight, 1973

• Type locality: NIWA station D138. New Zealand, Campbell Plateau. 48.5333°S 168.325°E / -48.5333; 168.325. Depth 668 m.
• Holotype: NIWA 481 [formely H155].
• Paratype: NIWA 482 [formely 215].

Synonymy

• Perissasterias monocantha McKnight, 1973: 231–233, fig. 6; 2006: 60, pl. 56.

References

• McKnight, D.G. 1973. Additions to the asteroid fauna of New Zealand: families Benthopectinidae, Odontasteridae, Asteriidae and Brisingidae; with notes on Porcellanaster caeruleus Wyville Thomson (family Porcellanasteridae). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Records. 1(16): 219–240. PDF. Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.