Spoladaster veneris

Spoladaster veneris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Poraniidae
Genus: Spoladaster
Species: Spoladaster veneris

Name

Spoladaster veneris (Perrier, 1879)

Original combination: Culcita veneris Perrier, 1879

Type locality: Indian Ocean, Île Saint-Paul.

Syntypes: MNHN-IE-2014-420 [1]; MNHN-IE-2014-405 [2]; MNHN-IE-2014-407 [3].

Synonymy

• Culcita veneris Perrier, 1879: 48–49, pl. 4; — Bell, 1905: 248.
• Cryaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923: 293–294, pl. 11 figs. 1–2; — Mortensen, 1933: 249, pl. 12 fig. 14.
  • Type locality: Nanquas Peak, Algoa Bay; depth 57 fms.
  • Holotype: SAM-A-6412.
  • Paratype: MCZ:IZ:AST-2609 [4].
  • Synonymised by Mah & Foltz (2014).
• Tylaster meridionalis Mortensen, 1933; 249–250, pl. 12 figs. 11–13; — A.M. Clark, 1952: 196, 207–208; — A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 74.
  • Type locality: South Africa, 30.733333°S 15.716667°E / -30.733333; 15.716667, depth 108 fms.
  • Paratype: SAM-A-22443.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1984: 41).
• Spoladaster brachyactis (H.L. Clark, 1923) Fisher, 1940: 135; — A.M. Clark, 1952: 196, 208; — A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 74.
  • Synonymised by Mah & Foltz (2014).
• Spoladaster veneris (Perrier, 1879) Fisher, 1940: 136; — A.M. Clark, 1952: 208; — Stampanato & Jangoux, 1997: 31; — Mah & Foltz, 2014: 361–363, figs. 10A–D.

References

• Bell, F.J. 1905. On the Echinoderma found off the Coast of South Africa. Part II. Asteroidea. Marine investigations in South Africa. 3: 243–253. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. 1952. Some echinoderms from Southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 33(2): 193-221. DOI: 10.1080/00359195109519884 Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. 1984. Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 4. Families Poraniidae and Asteropseidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 47(1): 19–51. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The echinoderms of Southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Natural History): 1–277 Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1923a. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 13(7): 221–435, pls VIII–XXIII. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. & Foltz, D.W. 2014. New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with comments on feeding biology. Zootaxa 3795(3): 327–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7 Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933. Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914—16. LXV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 93: 215–400; pl. VIII–XIX. PDF. Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1879. Les Stellérides de Iîle Saint-Paul. Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale 8: 47–49. BHL (French). Reference page. 
• Stampanato, S. & Jangoux, M. 1997. Les astérides (Echinodermata) récoltés autour des îles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam (océan Indien sud). Zoosystema. 19(1): 27–33. Online Reference page. 

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