Caulaster pedunculatus

Caulaster pedunculatus

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: Porcellanasteridae
Genus: Caulaster
Species: Caulaster pedunculatus

Name

Caulaster pedunculatus Perrier, 1882

Synonymy

• Caulaster pedunculatus Perrier, 1882: 1379–1381, figs. 1–5; — Mironov et al., 2023: 29, figs. 7A–D, 8A–B, 9A–I.
• Porcellanaster eremicus Sladen, 1889: 145–149, textfig.
  • Type locality: Challenger station 137. South Atlantic Ocean, between the Tristan da Cunha Island and the Cape of Good Hope. 35.983333°S 1.566667°E / -35.983333; 1.566667. Depth 2550 fms.
  • Caulaster eremicus (Sladen, 1889)
• Porcellanaster pedunculatus (Perrier, 1882)
• Damnaster tasmani H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 1994: 1368–1371, figs. 1–4.
  • Synonymised by Mironov et al. (2023: 31).

References

• Clark, H.E.S., McKnight, D.G. 1994. Damnaster tasmani, a new genus and species of Asteoidea (Echinodermata) from New Zealand. Invertebrate Systematics. 8(6): 1367–1372. DOI: 10.1071/IT9941367 . Reference page. 
• Mironov, A.N., Dilman, A.B., Petrov, N.B., Vladychenskaya, I.P. 2023. Taxonomic Status and Composition of the Genera Caulaster, Porcellanaster and Eremicaster (Asteroidea) Based on Juvenile Morphology and Molecular Phylogenetic Data. Diversity. 15(10): 1–50. DOI: 10.3390/d15101032 . Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1882. Sur une Astérie des grandes profondeurs de l'Atlantique pourvue d'un pédoncule dorsal. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 95: 1379–1381. BHL. Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.