Aquilonastra iranica

Aquilonastra iranica

Aquilonastra iranica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
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: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Asterinidae
Genus: Aquilonastra
Species: Aquilonastra iranica

Name

• Aquilonastra iranica (Mortensen, 1940) O’Loughlin in O’Loughlin & Waters, 2014
  • original combination: Asterina cepheus var. iranica Mortensen, 1940
  • Type locality: Persian Gulf
  • Syntype: ZMUC AST-000159

Synonymy

• Asterina cepheus var. iranica Mortensen, 1940
• Asterina iranica Mortensen, 1940

References

• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1940. Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran. Part 2, 55-112, 14 figs, 2 pls. Reference page.  [as Asterina cepheus var. iranica p. 65–66; Pl. I, figs. 1–4 (original description)]
• O’Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 1–40. BHL DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1 Full article (PDF). Reference page.  [as Aquilonastra iranica p. 13 (recombination)]