Gilbertaster caribaea

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

Gilbertaster caribaea (Verrill, 1899)

Original combination: Hippasteria caribaea Verrill, 1899

Type locality: North Atlantic Ocean, U.S.A., Georgia, 30°58′30″N 79°38′30″W / 30.975°N 79.6417°W / 30.975; -79.6417, Albatross R/V station 2668, 5 May 1886, depth 538 m.

Holotype: USNM 18425 [1].

Hippasteria caribaea Verrill, 1899: 174–175, pl. 28 figs. 1, 1a.
Gilbertaster caribaea (Verrill, 1899) Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010: 273–274, fig. 3A–D; — Mah, 2020: 228–230, fig. 12A–E.

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.
Mah, C.L., Nizinski, M., Lundsten, L. 2010. Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160(2): 266–301. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00703.x Reference page.
Verrill, A.E. 1899. Revision of certain Genera and Species of Starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234. BHL. Reference page.