Asteropsis (Asteropseidae)

Asteropsis carinifera

Asteropsis carinifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
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

Familia: Asteropseidae
Genus: Asteropsis
Species: A. carinifera

Name

Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840

Type species: Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Asterope Müller & Troschel, 1840: 104; — Ely, 1942: 23–24.
• Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840: 322; — McKnight in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 180.
• Gymnasteria Gray, 1840: 278; — Sladen, 1889: 356–357.

References

• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page. 
• Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1840. XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus) (Continued from p. 184.) Annals and magazine of natural history 6(37): 275–290. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443296 BHL Reference page. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. [untitled]. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1840: 100–106. BHL. Reference page. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 318–326. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.