Circeaster americanus
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Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Granulosina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Circeaster
Species: Circeaster americanus
Name
editCirceaster americanus (A.H. Clark, 1916) Halpern, 1970
- original combination: Lydiaster americanus A.H. Clark, 1916
- Type locality: Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A., Florida, South of Pensacola. "Albatros" station 2395. 28°36'15.1"N, 86°49'59.9"W. Depth 635m.
Synonymy
edit- Circeaster occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1941
- Lydiaster americanus A.H. Clark, 1916
References
editPrimary references
edit- Clark, A.H. 1916. A new starfish (Lydiaster americanus) from the Gulf of Mexico, representing a section of the subfamily Goniasterinae hitherto known only from the Indo-Pacific region. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 6(4): 141–144. BHL Reference page. [original description of Lydiaster americanus p. 141–144]
- Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page. [original description of Circeaster occidentalis p. 46–49]
- Halpern, J.A. 1970. Biological Investigations of the deep sea. 51. Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science. 20(1): 193–286. Online Reference page. [as Circeaster occidentalis nov. comb., source of synonymy]
- Mah, C.L. 2020. New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Zootaxa. 4766(2): 201-260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1 Reference page. [as Circeaster americanus p. 218–219]
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