Echinaster colemani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
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: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Echinasteridae
Genus: Echinaster
Species: Echinaster colemani

Name

Echinaster colemani Rowe & Albertson, 1987

• Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Bate Bay, off Cronulla. 34.05°S 151.2°E / -34.05; 151.2. 24.4 m depth.
• Holotype: AM J.13076 [1]
• Paratypes: AM J.10862 [2]; AM J.15258 [3]; AM J.15259 [4]; AM J.16541 [5]; AM J.16534 [6]; AM J.13000 [7]; AM J.13077 [8]; AM J.13084 [9]; AM J.10835 [10]; AM J.590 [11]; AM J.9182 [12]; AM J.14137 [13]

Synonymy

• Echinaster colemani Rowe & Albertson, 1987: 196–202, figs. 1a–b, 2; — McKnight, 2006: 27–28, pl. 20.

References

• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page. 
• Rowe, F.W.E., Albertson, E.L. 1987. A new species in the echinasterid genus Echinaster Muller and Troschel, 1840 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from southeastern Australia and Norfolk Island. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 109(3): 195–202. BHL Reference page.