Wallastra elenderae

Wallastra elenderae

Wallastra elenderae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
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: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Wallastra
Species: Wallastra elenderae

Name

Wallastra elenderae Mah, 2018

• Type locality: Mozambique Channel, Banc du Geyser. 12.284833°S 46.461166°E / -12.284833; 46.461166. Depth 836–842 m.

• Holotype: MNHN-IE-2013-17165 [1]

• Paratype: MNHN-IE-2007-1291 [2]

References

• Mah, C.L. 2018. New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4539(1): 1–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1 Reference page.  [as Wallastra elenderae p. 98–100, fig. 37A–G (original description)]
• Mah, C.L. 2025b. New taxa of Valvatida (Asteroidea) with an overview of bivalve pedicellariae proposed form and function. Megataxa 18(1): 262–347. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.18.1.3 . Reference page.  [as Wallastra elenderae p. 286, fig. 11A–D]