Pteraster acicula

Pteraster acicula

Pteraster acicula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Velatida
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: Velatida

Familia: Pterasteridae
Genus: Pteraster
Species: Pteraster acicula

Name

Pteraster acicula (Downey, 1970)

Holotype: USNM 18416 [1], collected by R/V Albatross in 1885.

Type locality: U.S.A., Florida, Miami. R/V Albatross station 2642. 25.3417°N 79.9667°W / 25.3417; -79.9667. Depth 397 m.

Synonymy

• Marsipaster acicula Downey, 1970: 309 [original combination]
• Pteraster acicula (Downey, 1970); — Durán-González et al., 2024: 18.

References

• Downey, M.E. 1970. Marsipaster acicula, new species (Asteroidea: Echinodermata), from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83(28): 309–312. BHL Reference page. 
• Durán-González, A., Laguarda-Figueras, A., Solís-Marín, F.A., Gracia, A. 2024. Crinoidea and Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the slope of the Yucatan Peninsula, Colección Nacional de Equinodermos, Mexico. Revista de Biología Tropical 72(S1): 1–26. DOI: 10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v72iS1.58786 . Reference page.