Lophaster cactorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
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

Familia: Solasteridae
Genus: Lophaster
Species: Lophaster cactorum

Name

Lophaster cactorum Mah & Fujita, 2020

Type locality: Off Cape Toi-misaki , Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, 31˚07.9284′N, 131˚39.0357′E, 31˚06.6968′N, 131˚39.0302′E, 1063–1082 m, Coll. R / V Tansei-maru, KT-11-12, St. T10-2 , 23 June 2011

Holotype: NSMT E-11325 [1]

Paratypes: NSMT E-11326 [2]; NSMT E-11327 [3]; NSMT E- 11328 [4]; NSMT E-11329 [5]; NSMT E-11330 [6]; NSMT E-11331 [7]; NSMT E-11332 [8]; NSMT E-11333 [9]; NSMT E-11334 [10]; NSMT E-11335 [11]; NSMT E-11336 [12]; NSMT E-11337 [13]; NSMT E-11338 [14]; NSMT E-11339 [15]

References

• Mah, C.L. & Fujita, T. 2020. New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of Paralophaster from the North Pacific with an overview of Hyalinothrix. Zootaxa. 4750(1): 67–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.4 Reference page.  [original description of Lophaster cactorum p. 71–73]