Floriaster maya

Floriaster maya

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
Genus: Floriaster
Species: Floriaster maya

Name

Floriaster maya Downey, 1980: 347

Type locality: “Southern end of Yucatan Channel, 20°45’N, 86°27’W, 933-1,024 m, Alaminos Sta. 70A10-6”.

Holotype: USNM E18324, collected by Texas A&M University research vessel Alaminos on 6 July 1970.

References

Primary references

• Downey, M.E. 1980. Floriaster maya, new genus and species of the family Goniasteridae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93(2): 346–349. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mah, C.L. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid Circeaster (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Goniasteridae) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema. 28(4): 917–954. PDF Reference page.  [p. 926–927]
• 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.  [p. 226–228]