Evoplosoma watlingi

Evoplosoma watlingi

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 watlingi

Name

Evoplosoma watlingi Mah, 2015

Type locality: Bear Seamount, North Atlantic, 39.9508°N 67.4131°W / 39.9508; -67.4131, depth: 1564 m. Perched on cf. Keratoisis.

Holotype: USNM 1208018 [1], coll. by Les Watling, 11 May 2004.

Etymology: named after Leslie Edward Watling.

Synonymy

• Evoplosoma watlingi Mah, 2015a: 5, 8–10, fig. 3A–G; — Mah, 2024b: 486–488, fig. 11A–B.

References

• 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. 

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