Hyphalaster inermis

Hyphalaster inermis, dorsal view

Hyphalaster inermis, ventral view

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida
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: Paxillosida

Familia: Porcellanasteridae
Genus: Hyphalaster
Species: Hyphalaster inermis

Name

Hyphalaster inermis Sladen, 1883

Type locality: Challenger station 237. North Pacific Ocean, off Japan. 34.616667°N 140.533333°E / 34.616667; 140.533333. Depth 3430 m.

Synonymy

• Hyphalaster inermis Sladen, 188: 239–242; 1889 162–164, pl. 25 gis. 4 –6, pl. 28 figs. 5–8; — Gotō, 1914: 112–118; — Madsen, 1961: 58–72, figs. 6–7, pls. 1–3, pl. 13 figs. 3–4; — Cherbonnier & Sibuet, 1972: 1342; — Madeira et al., 2019: 81.
• Hyphalaster antonii Perrier, 1885: 61–64.
  • Type locality: Talisman station 131. Northeast of San Miguel, Azores. Depth 2295 m.
  • Synonymised by Madsen (1961: 58).
• Hyphalaster parfaiti Perrier, 1885: 65–67; — A.H. Clark, 1948: 75–76.
  • Type locality: Talisman station 138. Bay of Biscay. Depth 4787 m.
  • Synonymised by Madsen (1961: 58).
• Hyphalaster moseri Ludwig, 1905: 100–103, pl. 7 figs. 36–37.
  • Type locality: Albatross station 3684. North Pacific Ocean. 0.8333°N 137.9°W / 0.8333; -137.9. Depth 4504 m.
  • Syntypes: USNM 34452 [1]; USNM 34447 [2].
  • Synonymised by Madsen (1961: 58).
• Hyphalaster fortis Koehler, 1907: 14–16.
  • Synonymised by Madsen (1961: 58).
• Hyphalaster gracilis Koehler, 1907: 16–18.
  • Synonymised by Madsen (1961: 58).

References

• Cherbonnier, G. & Sibuet, M. 1972. Résultats scientifiques de la campagne Noratlante : Astérides et Ophiurides. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3ème série - Zoologie. 102(76): 1333–1394. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, A.H. 1948. Some interesting starfishes and brittle-stars dredged by the Atlantis in the mid-Atlantic. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 38: 75–78. BHL Reference page. 
• Gotō, S. 1914. A descriptive monograph of Japanese asteroidea. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 29: 1–808. Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1907. Note préliminaire sur quelques Astéries et Ophiures provenant des campagnes de la Princesse-Alice. Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique de Monaco. 99: 1-47. BHL Reference page. 
• Ludwig, H. 1905. Asterroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 32: vii–xii, 1–292. BHL Reference page. 
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page. 
• Madsen, F.J. 1961. The Porcellanasteridae. A monographic revision of an abyssal group of sea-stars. Galathea Report. 4: 33–174. Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1885b. Première note préliminaire sur les Échinodermes recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marins du Travailleur et du Talisman. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie. Serie 6. 19(8): 1-72. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, P. 1883. The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition - Part II. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 17: 214–269. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.