Evoplosoma nizinskiae

Evoplosoma nizinskiae

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: Evoplosoma
Species: Evoplosoma nizinskiae

Name

Evoplosoma nizinskiae Mah, 2020

• Type locality: DeSoto Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, 28.28, -87.22, 2549 m, Coll. D. Wagner, ROV Deep Discoverer from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer EX 1803 25 April 2018.

• Holotype: USNM 1507289 [1]

• Paratype: USNM 1550630 [2]

• Etymology: named after Martha Nizinski, a NOAA researcher

References

• 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.  [original description of Evoplosoma nizinskiae p. 220–224]

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