Psilaster pectinatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida
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: Paxillosida

Familia: Astropectinidae
Genus: Psilaster
Species: Psilaster pectinatus

Name

• Psilaster pectinatus (Fisher, 1905) Fisher, 1911
  • original combination: Bathybiaster pectinatus Fisher, 1905
  • Type locality: USA, California, west of San Diego. "Albatross" station 4387. Depth 1059 fms.
  • Holotype: USNM 22327 [1]
  • Paralectotypes: CASIZ 8674; CASIZ 8676; CASIZ 8677; CASIZ 18405

Synonymy

• Bathybiaster pectinatus Fisher, 1905
• Plutonaster abyssicola Ludwig, 1905
  • Synonymized by Fisher (1911)
  • Type locality: Gulf of Panama
  • Syntypes: MCZ AST-2388 [2]; USNM 34420 [3]; USNM 34422 [4]; USNM 34421 [5]

References

• Clark, H.L. 1913. Echinoderms from lower California with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 32: 185-236. BHL Reference page.  [as Psilaster pectinatus p. 189]
• Fisher, W.K. 1905. New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 24: 293–320. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Bathybiaster pectinatus p. 295–296]
• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Psilaster pectinatus p. 72–78, recombination and synonymy]
• Ludwig, H. 1905. Asterroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 32: vii–xii, 1–292. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Plutonaster abyssicola p. 30–35]