Hymenaster blegvadi

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: Pterasteridae
Genus: Hymenaster
Species: Hymenaster blegvadi

Name

Hymenaster blegvadi Madsen, 1956

• Type locality: Galathea station 658, Kermadec Trench. 35.850000°S 178.516667°W / -35.850000; -178.516667. Depth 6660–6720 m.
• Holotype: ZMUC.

Synonymy

• Hymenaster blegvadi Madsen, 1956: 27–29, textfig. 3, pl. 1 figs. 1–3; — McKnight, 2006: 21–22.

References

• Madsen F.J. 1956. Echinoidea, Asteroidea, and Ophiuroidea from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea report. 2: 23–32. PDF Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.