Anseropoda

Anseropoda placenta

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: Anseropoda
Species (16): A. antarctica – A. aotearoa – A. diaphana – A. fisheri – A. grandis – A. habracantha – A. insignis – A. lobiancoi – A. ludovici – A. macropora – A. novemradiata – A. pellucida – A. petaloides – A. placenta – A. rosacea – A. tenuis

Name

Anseropoda Nardo, 1834

Type species: Asterias placenta Pennant, 1777, by subsequent designation by Bell, 1891.

Synonymy

• Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842
• Carna Gistel, 1848
• Palmipes L. Agassiz, 1836; — Sladen, 1889: 394–395.

References

• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page.  [as Anseropoda p. 161]
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Asteriscus p. 39]
• Nardo, G.D. 1834. De Asteriis. Isis, Encyclopaedische Zeitschrift 27: 716–717. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Asteriscus p. 716]
• 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 Anseropoda p. 7–13]
• 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.