Gephyreaster swifti

Mimaster swifti, holotype dorsal view

Mimaster swifti, holotype ventral view

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida
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: Paxillosida

Familia: Pseudarchasteridae
Genus: Gephyreaster
Species: Gephyreaster swifti

Name

• Gephyreaster swifti (Fisher, 1905) Fisher, 1910
  • original combination: Mimaster swifti Fisher, 1905
  • Type locality: USA, Alaska, Alexander Archipelago, Admiralty Island, Stephens Passage. "Albatross" station 4253. Depth 131-188 fms.
  • Holotype: USNM 22332 [1]

Synonymy

• Mimaster swifti Fisher, 1905

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1905. New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 24: 293–320. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Mimaster swifti p. 301–302]
• Fisher, W.K. 1910. New genera of starfishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology serie 8. 5(24): 171–173. BHL Reference page.  [as Gephyreaster swifti p. 171, recombination]
• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Gephyreaster swifti p. 175–179]

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