Culcita novaeguineae

Culcita novaeguineae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
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

Familia: Oreasteridae
Genus: Culcita
Species: Culcita novaeguineae

Name

Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842

Type locality: New Guinea

Etymology: named in reference of the type locality

Note: also spelled as novae-guineae

Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Culcita arenosa Valenciennes in Perrier, 1869

Synonymy in Sladen, 1889

Holotype MNHN IE-2014-414

Type locality: Hawaï, as "îles Sandwich"

• Culcita grex Müller & Troschel, 1842

Synonymy in Döderlein, 1896

References

Primary references

• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 38, original description]

Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Culcita novaeguineae p. 132]
• Döderlein, L. 1896. Bericht uber die von Herrn Professor Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Asteroidea. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 8, 301-326, pls 18-22. BHL. Reference page.  [see page 310 and page 316, source of synonymy]
• 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.  [see page 352–353, source of synonymy]