Circeaster helenae

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
Subfamilia: Circeasterinae
Genus: Circeaster
Species: Circeaster helenae

Name

Circeaster helenae Mah, 2006

Type locality: Western Australia. 145 nautical miles NW off Port Hedland , mud, 18.616667°S 116.243333°E / -18.616667; 116.243333 to 18.633333°S 116.733333°E / -18.633333; 116.733333, 696–700 m, 6.IV.1982.

Holotype: WAM Z20671 [1].

Etymology: named after Helen Elizabeth Shearburn Clark.

Synonymy

• Circeaster helenae Mah, 2006: 930–934, fig. 4A–B.

References

• Mah, C.L. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid Circeaster (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Goniasteridae) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema. 28(4): 917–954. PDF Reference page.