Dytaster insignis

Dytaster insignis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida
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: Paxillosida

Familia: Astropectinidae
Genus: Dytaster
Species: Dytaster insignis

Name

Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884)

original combination: Archaster insignis Perrier, 1884

Type locality: Gulf of Mexico. 24.550000°N 84.383333°W / 24.550000; -84.383333. Depth 1930 fms.

Synonymy

• Archaster insignis Perrier, 1884: 256, pl. 4 fig. 5
• Pectinaster insignis Perrier, 1885: 70–71.
• Dytaster biserialis Sladen, 1889: 77–79,, pl. 10 figs. 3–4, pl. 13 figs. 3–4.
  • Type locality: Challenger station 79. North Atlantic Ocean, between the Azores and Madeira. 36.350000°N 23.516667°W / 36.350000; -23.516667. Depth 2025 fms.
  • Synonymised by Downey (1973: 35).
• Dytaster exilis var. gracilis Sladen, 1889: 68–69, pl. 2 figs. 3–4, pl. 4 figs. 9–10.
  • Type locality: Challenger station 133. South Atlantic Ocean. 35.683333°S 20.916667°W / -35.683333; -20.916667. Depth 1900 fms.
• Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884); — Downey, 1973: 35–36, pl. 9 figs. C–D; — A.M. Clark & Downey, 1992: 54, pl. 16 figs. G–H; — Madeira et al., 2019: 76–77; — Mah, 2020: 210–212, figs. 4A–B.

References

• Clark, A.M. & Downey, M.E. 1992. Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. Reference page. 
• Downey, M.E. 1973. Starfishes from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Smithsonian contributions to Zoology 126: 1–158. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.126 Reference page. 
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Perrier, E. 1884. Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueillies dans la mer des Antilles et le golfe du Mexique durant les expéditions de dragage faites sous la direction de M. Alexandre Agassiz. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 2. 6: 127-276, pls I-X. BHL Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1885b. Première note préliminaire sur les Échinodermes recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marins du Travailleur et du Talisman. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie. Serie 6. 19(8): 1-72. BHL Reference page. 
• 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.