Doraster constellatus

Doraster constellatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Zoroasteridae
Genus: Doraster
Species: Doraster constellatus

Name

Doraster constellatus Downey, 1970: 5

Type locality: “Oregon station 2780, 11°36’N, 62°52’W, 215-230 fms”.

Holotype: USNM E11352, collected by Bureau of Commercial Fisheries vessel M/V Oregon in April 1960.

References

Primary references

• Downey, M.E. 1970. Zorocallida, New Order, and Doraster constellatus, New Genus and Species, with Notes on the Zoroasteridae (Echinodermata; Asteroidea). Smithsonian contributions to Zoology 64: 1–18. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.64Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mah, C.L. 2007. Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina; Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150(): 177–210. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-3642.2007.00291.X Reference page.  [p. 191-192]