Hymenodiscus aotearoa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brisingida
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: Brisingida

Familia: Brisingidae
Genus: Hymenodiscus
Species: Hymenodiscus aotearoa

Name

Hymenodiscus aotearoa (McKnight, 1973)

• original combination: Brisingella aotearoa McKnight, 1973
• Type locality: NIWA station D206. New Zealand. 50.6°S 171.3917°E / -50.6; 171.3917. Depth 529 m.
• Holotype: NIWA 506 [formely H-157].
• Paratypes: NIWA 507 [formely P-218].

Synonymy

• Brisingella aotearoa McKnight, 1973: 235–238, fig. 8.
• Hymenodiscus aotearoa (McKnight, 1973) A.M. Clark & Mah, 2001: 326; — McKnight, 2006: 74–75.

References

• Clark, A.M. & Mah, C.L. 2001. An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M. & Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies 6: 229–347. PDF. Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 1973. Additions to the asteroid fauna of New Zealand: families Benthopectinidae, Odontasteridae, Asteriidae and Brisingidae; with notes on Porcellanaster caeruleus Wyville Thomson (family Porcellanasteridae). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Records. 1(16): 219–240. 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.