Thrissacanthias penicillatus

Thrissacanthias penicillatus, dorsal view.

Thrissacanthias penicillatus, ventral view.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Thrissacanthias
Species: Thrissacanthias penicillatus

Name

Thrissacanthias penicillatus (Fisher, 1905)

Original combination: Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905

Type locality: Mexico, Baja California, Coronado Islands, North Coronado Island. "Albatross" station 4380. Depth 530–638 fms.

Holotype: USNM 22329 [1].

Synonymy

• Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905: 297–298.
• Thrissacanthias penicillatus (Fisher, 1905) Fisher, 1910: 171; — Fisher, 1911: 79–85, pl. 17 fig. 4, pl. 18 figs. 1–5, pl. 53 figs. 1, 1a–e; — H.L. Clark, 1913: 190; — H.L. Clark, 1923b: 149; — Hendrickx, Mah & Zárate-Montes, 2011: 802–804, fig. 1C–D; — Seid et al., 2025: 159, fig. 61G–H.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1913. Echinoderms from lower California with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 32: 185-236. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1923b. Echinoderms from Lower California, with descriptions of new species : supplementary report. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 48(6): 147–163. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1905. New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 24: 293–320. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1910. New genera of starfishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology serie 8. 5(24): 171–173. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Hendrickx, M.E., Mah, C.L., Zárate-Montes, C.M. 2011. Deep-water Asteroidea (Echinodermata) collected during the TALUD cruises in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 82(3): 798–824. DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2011.3.692 Reference page. 
• Seid, C.A., Hiley, A.S., McCowin, M.F., Carvajal, J.I., Cha, H., Ahyong, S.T., Ashford, O.S., Breedy, O., Eernisse, D.J., Goffredi, S.K., Hendrickx, M.E., Kocot, K.M., Mah, C.L., Miller, A.K., Mongiardino Koch, N., Mooi, R., O'Hara, T.D., Pleijel, F., Stiller, J., Tilic, E., Valentich-Scott, P., Warén, A., Wicksten, M.K., Wilson, N.G., Cordes, E.E., Levin, L.A., Cortés, J. & Rouse, G.W. 2025. A faunal inventory of methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica. ZooKeys 1222: 1–250. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1222.134385 Reference page. 

Links

• Thrissacanthias penicillatus (Fisher, 1905) in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on April 21, 2025

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