Persephonaster cingulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida
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: Paxillosida

Familia: Astropectinidae
Genus: Persephonaster
Species: Persephonaster cingulatus
Subspecies: P. c. cingulatus – P. c. multicinctus

Name

Persephonaster cingulatus (Fisher, 1906)

Original combination: Psilasteropsis cingulata Fisher, 1906

Type locality: Hawaii, Kaulakahi Channel, Between Kauai and Niihau Islands. "Albatross" station 3997. Depth 0-785 m.

Holotype: USNM 21150 [1]

Paratypes: USNM 31593; USNM 31358; USNM 31359; USNM 31360; USNM 31304; CASIZ 2849; [CASIZ 2850.

Synonymy

• Psilasteropsis cingulata Fisher, 1906: 1023–1026, pl. 3 figs. 2, 2a–b, pl. 7 figs. 1–3, pl. 8 fig. 2.
• Persephonaster cingulatus (Fisher, 1906) Fisher, 1913: 616 [in text].

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1906. The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 23(3): 987–1130. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1913. Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 43(1944): 599–648. BHL Reference page.