Brisinga chathamica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brisingida
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: Brisingida

Familia: Brisingidae
Genus: Brisinga
Species: Brisinga chathamica

Name

Brisinga chathamica (McKnight, 1973)

• Original combination: Craterobrisinga chathamica McKnight, 1973
• Type locality: NIWA station J59. New Zealand. 43.85°S 179.4167°E / -43.85; 179.4167. Depth 309 m.
• Holotype: NIWA 1146 [formely H-158].
• Paratypes: NIWA 474 [formely P-219]; NIWA 474 [formely P-220].

Synonymy

• Craterobrisinga chathamica McKnight, 1973: 238–239, fig. 9.
• Brisinga chathamica (McKnight, 1973) McKnight, 1993: 193; 2006: 72–73, pl. 66.

References

• McKnight, D.G. 1973. Additions to the asteroid fauna of New Zealand: families Benthopectinidae, Odontasteridae, Asteriidae and Brisingidae; with notes on Porcellanaster caeruleus Wyville Thomson (family Porcellanasteridae). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Records. 1(16): 219–240. PDF. Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 1993b. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 20(3): 191-200. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1993.10422859 Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.