Pteraster bathami

Pteraster bathami

Pteraster bathami

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Velatida
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: Velatida

Familia: Pterasteridae
Genus: Pteraster
Species: Pteraster bathami

Name

Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958

• Type locality: MV Alert 1955-08-14 station B.S.191. New Zealand, Off East Otago Coast, Karitane. 45.783056°S 171.116944°E / -45.783056; 171.116944. Depth 230–300 fms.
• Holotype: MONZ EC.000517 [1].
• Etymology: named after Elizabeth J. Batham.

Synonymy

• Pteraster (Apterodon) bathami Fell, 1958: 14–15, pl. 2 figs. G, I; — McKnight, 2006: 17–18, pl. 8.
• Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958; —H.E.S. Clark, 1970: 22.

References

• Clark, H.E.S. 1970. Sea-stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from" Eltanin" Cruise 26, with a Review of the New Zealand Asteroid Fauna. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington. 52: 1–34. PDF. Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University College. 24: 1-40. Online 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.