Luidia avicularia

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: Luidiidae
Genus: Luidia
Species: Luidia avicularia

Name

Luidia avicularia Fisher, 1913

Type locality: Philippines, Northern Samar. 12.2208°N 124.084°E / 12.2208; 124.084. Depth 216 m.

Holotype: USNM 32624 [1].

Synonymy

• Luidia avicularia Fisher, 1913: 203; 1919: 172–175, pl. 43 fig. 1; pl. 44 fig. 2, pl. 46 figs. 2, 2a–c.
• Luidia moroisoana Goto, 1914: 301–305, pl. 6 figs. 95–103; — Fisher, 1919: pl. 44 fig. 3.
  • Type locality: Japan, Misaki, Moroiso.
  • Synonymised by Hayashi (1973) [L. avicularia as a synonym of L. moroisoana].

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1913. New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 46(2022): 201–224. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions, vol. 3 . Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100(3): 1–547. 156 pls. hdl: 10088/21263 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.