Stephanasterias albula

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: Asteriidae
Genus: Stephanasterias
Species: Stephanasterias albula

Name

Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853)

original combination: Asteracanthion albulus Stimpson, 1853

Type locality: Canada, New Brunswick, Grand Manan Archipelago. "Off northern point of Duck Island". Depth 30 fms.

Syntype: USNM 3377 [1].

Synonymy

Asteracanthion albulus Stimpson, 1853: 14, pl. 1 fig. 5.
Asteracanthion problema Steenstrup, 1855: 240; — Lütken, 1857: 30.
- Type locality: Groenland.
- Syntype: ZMB Echinodermata 544 [2].
- Synonymised by Verrill (1866: 351).
Asterias albula (Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, 1864: 142.
Stichaster albulus (Stimpson, 1853) Verrill, 1866: 351; — Duncan & Sladen, 1877: 456–457; — Sladen, 1889: 432.
Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853) Verrill, 1871: 5; — Heding, 1935: 38; — John & A.M. Clark, 1954: 151.
Asterias problema (Steenstrup, 1855) Lütken, 1872: 117–118, figs. a–i.
- Synonymised by Verrill (1866: 351).
Asterias gracilis Perrier, 1881: 4.
- Syntype: MCZ AST-1417 [3].
Nanaster albulus (Stimpson, 1853) Perrier, 1894: 129.
Stephanasterias gracilis (Perrier, 1881) Verrill, 1899: 223; 1915: 25–26, pl. 9 figs. 2–2c; — H.L. Clark, 1922: 357–358.

References

Clark, H.L. 1922. The echinoderms of the Challenger Bank, Bermuda. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 57(13): 351–362. BHL. Reference page.
Duncan, P.M. & Sladen, P. 1877. Report on the Echinodermata collected during the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series, 20: 449–470. BHL.Reference page.
Heding, S.G. 1935. The Scoresby Sound Committee's 2nd East Greenland Expedition in 1932 to King Christian IX's Land. Echinoderms. Meddelelser om Grønland. 104(13): 1–68. Reference page.
John, D.D., Clark, A.M. 1954. The "Rosaura" Expedition 1937-1938. 3. Echinodermata. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 2: 139–162. DOI: 10.5962/P.314149 Reference page.
Lütken, C.F. 1857. Oversigt over Grönlands Echinodermata samt over denne Dyreklasses geographiske og bathymetriske Udbredningsforhold. Thesis: Fakultet ved Kjöbenhavns Universitet. 1–109. BHL Reference page.
Lütken, C.F. 1872. Ophiuridarum novarum vel minus cognitarum descriptiones nonnullae. Nogle nye eller mindre bekjerdte Slangestjernerne beskrevne — Med nogle Bemaerkninger om Selvdelingen hos Straaldyrene — Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger og dets Medlemmers Arbeider 1872-1874: 75-158, 2 pls. BHL Reference page.
Perrier, E. 1881. Reports on the Results of Dredging by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake" XIV. Description sommaire des espèces nouvelles d'Astéries. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 9: 1-32 BHL Reference page.
Perrier, E. 1894. Échinodermes. I. Stellérides. Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 3:1-431, 26 pls. BHL 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.
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Stimpson, W. 1864. Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata collected by the late Arctic Expedition under Dr. I.I. Hayes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15: 138-142. BHL Reference page.
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Verrill, A.E. 1871. Marine fauna of Eastport, Maine. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. 3(1): 2–6. BHL. Reference page.
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Verrill, A.E. 1915. Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 7: 1–232. BHL Reference page.