Ampheraster alaminos

Ampheraster alaminos

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: Ampheraster
Species: Ampheraster alaminos

Name

Ampheraster alaminos Downey, 1971: 52

• Holotype: USNM E11397, collected by Texas A & M University R/V Alaminos in July 1968.
• Type locality: “Alaminos Station 3C/68-A-7, 27°42.2’N, 87°44.5’W, 1500 fms”.

References

Primary references

• Downey, M.E. 1971. Ampheraster alaminos, a new species of the family Asteriidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(6): 51–54. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mah, C.L. 2020. New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Zootaxa. 4766(2): 201-260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1 Reference page.  [p. 206–210]