Evoplosoma scorpio

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 scorpio

Name

Evoplosoma scorpio Downey, 1981

Type locality: “Sarsia Station 2/19, 48°28′36″N 10°20′06″W / 48.476667°N 10.335000°W / 48.476667; -10.335000, in western approaches, west of English Channel and south of Ireland; 1600 m”.

Holotype: BMNH 1981.6.11.1 [1].

Synonymy

Evoplosoma scorpio Downey, 1981: 561–563, fig. 1; — Gage et al., 1983: 280–281; — A.M. Clark & Downey, 1992: 242; — Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010: 281, fig. 6A–E; — Mah, 2015a: 4, 5; — Mah, 2024b: 488–489, fig. 12A.

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. 1981. A new goniasterid seastar, Evoplosoma scorpio (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), from the northeastern Atlantic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(2): 561–563. BHL Reference page.
Gage, J.D., Pearson, M., Clark, A.M., Paterson, G.L.J., Tyler, P.A. 1983. Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. I. Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 45(5): 263–308. BHL.Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2015a. A new Atlantic species of Evoplosoma with taxonomic summary and in situ observations of Atlantic deep-sea corallivorous Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea). Marine Biodiversity Records. 8: e5. DOI: 10.1017/S1755267214001407 . Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2024b. Two New Taxa of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) and Noteworthy Observations of Deep-Sea Asteroidea by the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in the North and Tropical Atlantic. Zootaxa. 5432(4): 461–508. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5432.4.2 . Reference page.
Mah, C.L., Nizinski, M., Lundsten, L. 2010. Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160(2): 266–301. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00703.x Reference page.