Heligmaster kanaloa

Heligmaster kanaloa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Velatida
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: Velatida

Familia: Myxasteridae
Genus: Heligmaster
Species: Heligmaster kanaloa

Name

Heligmaster kanaloa Mah, 2022

Type locality: Johnston Atoll, North Pacific Ocean. 15°10'12"N, 171°15'0"W, 2568 m, Coll. NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer (NOAA) , Chris Mah and C. Kelley

Holotype: USNM 1457376 [1]

References

• Mah, C.L 2022. New Genera, Species and Occurrences of Deep-Sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the North Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition. Zootaxa. 5164(1): 1–75. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5164.1.1 Reference page.  [original description of Heligmaster kanaloa p. 21–23]