Chitonaster cataphractus

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: Goniasteridae
Genus: Chitonaster
Species: Chitonaster cataphractus

Name

Chitonaster cataphractus Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Challenger station 156. Indian Ocean near the Antarctic Circle. 62.433333°S 95.733333°E / -62.433333; 95.733333. Depth 1975 fms.

Holotype: BMNH 1890.5.7.409 [1].

Synonymy

• Chitonaster cataphractus Sladen, 1889: 283–285, pl. 73 figs. 1–3; — A.M. Clark, 1962: 22; — A.M. Clark & Downey, 1992: 250; — Mah, 2011: 11–13, fig. 4A–E.

References

• Clark, A.M. 1962. Asteroidea. Reports. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany). 9: 1–104. PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. & Downey, M.E. 1992. Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2011. Taxonomy of high-latitude Goniasteridae (Subantarctic & Antarctic): one new genus, and three new species with an overview and key to taxa. Zootaxa 2759: 1–48. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2759.1.1 Reference page. 
• 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.