Astroglypha passiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
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: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Astroglypha
Species: Tamaria passiflora

Name

Astroglypha passiflora (Downey, 1971: 49) Mah, 2021

Original combination: Tamaria passiflora Downey, 1971

Holotype: USNM E11382 [1], collected by Bureau of Commercial Fisheries vessel Oregon II in December 1969.

Type locality: “Oregon II Station 10858, 22°59’N, 78°43’W, 152 fms, South edge of Grand Bahamas Bank”.

References

Primary references

• Downey, M.E. 1971. Two new species of the genus Tamaria (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Tropical Western Atlantic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(5): 43–50. BHL Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2021. The East Pacific/South Pacific Boundary: New taxa and occurrences from Rapa Nui (Easter Island), New Caledonia and adjacent regions. Zootaxa. 4980(3): 401–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.1 Reference page.  [as Astroglypha passiflora nov. comb. p. 421–423]