Hymenaster regalis

Hymenaster regalis

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 regalis

Name

Hymenaster regalis Verrill, 1895

Synonymy

• Hymenaster kieri Downey, 1979: 801

Holotype: USNM E18204, collected by Kathy Larson and Michael Sweeney (Institute of Marine Science on R/V Gillis) in November 1974.

Type locality: “36°44'N, 73°45'W, 2,625 m”, deep water off the coast of Virginia.

References

Primary references

• Downey, M.E. 1979. Hymenaster kieri, a new species of starfish of the family Pterasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92(4): 801–803. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page.  [as Hymenaster regalis p. 64]