Hippasteria lepidonotus

Hippasteria lepidonotus, dorsal view

Hippasteria lepidonotus, ventral view

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: Hippasterinae
Genus: Hippasteria
Species: Hippasteria lepidonotus

Name

Hippasteria lepidonotus (Fisher, 1905) Mah et al., 2014

• original combination: Cryptopeltaster lepidonotus Fisher, 1905
• Type locality: USA, California, Channel Islands
• Holotype: USNM 22340 [1] [lost]
• Neotype: USNM 33356 [2], designated by Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten (2010)

Synonymy

• Cryptopeltaster lepidonotus Fisher, 1905
• Cryptopeltaster philippii Codoceo & Andrade, 1981

References

• 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 Cryptopeltaster lepidonotus p. 311–312]
• Mah, C.L. 2016. Deep-sea (>1000 m) Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the North Pacific, including an overview of Sibogaster, Bathyceramaster n. gen. and three new species. Zootaxa 4175(2): 101–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1. Reference page.  [as Hippasteria lepidonotus p. 117]
• Mah, C.L., Neill K., Eléaume, M., Foltz, F.W. 2014. New species and global revision of Hippasteria (Hippasterinae: Goniasteridae; Asteroidea; Echinodermata). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 171(2): 422–456. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12131 Reference page.  [as Hippasteria lepidonotus p. 439–436, recombination]
• Mah, C.L., Nizinski, M., Lundsten, L. 2010. Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160(2): 266–301. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00703.x Reference page.  [as Cryptopeltaster lepidonotus p. 276–278]

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