Persephonaster sewelli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Paxillosida

Familia: Astropectinidae
Genus: Persephonaster
Species: Persephonaster sewelli

Name

Persephonaster sewelli Macan, 1938: 338–342, pl. 1(5–6), textfig. 1

• ZooBank: A2D48ED7-468C-4803-895F-CBF8A5B363DE

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, near Zanzibar.

• Syntypes: BMNH 1937.6.18.55-57 [1]; BMNH 1937.6.18.58-59 [2]; BMNH 1937.6.18.60 [3]; BMNH 1937.6.18.61 [4]; MCZ:IZ:AST-3696 [5].

• Etymology: named after Robert Beresford Seymour Sewell.

References

• Macan, T.T. 1938. Asteroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 4(9): 323–435. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Persephonaster sewelli Macan, 1938 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on November 30, 2025