Hydrasterias ophidion

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Pedicellasteridae
Genus: Hydrasterias
Species: Hydrasterias ophidion

Name

Hydrasterias ophidion (Sladen, 1889)

original combination: Asterias ophidion Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Challenger station 50. North Atlantic Ocean. Nova Scotia, south of Halifax. 42.133333°N 63.650000°W / 42.133333; -63.650000. Depth 1250 fms.

Synonymy

• Asterias (Hydrasterias) ophidion Sladen, 1889: 581–582, pl. 99 figs. 3–4, pl. 103 figs. 3–4.
• Hydrasterias ophidion (Sladen, 1889) Verrill, 1894: 279; — A.M. Clark & Downey, 1992: 409, figs. 62a–b, pl. 97 figs. C–F; — Madeira et al., 2019: 169

References

• Clark, A.M. & Downey, M.E. 1992. Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. Reference page. 
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1894. Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17: 245-297. BHL Reference page.