Luidia aspera

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 aspera

Name

Luidia aspera Sladen, 1889

Synonymy

• Luidia aspera Sladen, 1889: 248–250, pl. 43 figs. 1–2, pl. 45 figs. 9–10; — A.M. Clark, 1953: 386–388, textfigs. 4, 6.
• Luidia hystrix Fisher, 1906: 1032–1033, pl. 13 figs. 1–2, pl. 14 figs. 1–2, pl. 16 figs. 2–2a; — Ely, 1942: 13–14.
  • Type locality: Albatross station 3879. Hawaii, Auau Channel, Maui Island, Lahaina. 20.8597°N 156.71°W / 20.8597; -156.71. Depth 51-79 m.
  • Holotype: USNM 21153 [1].
  • Paratypes: USNM 31405; USNM 31407; USNM 31406; USNM 31408; USNM 31411; USNM 31409; USNM 31410; CASIZ 2821; CASIZ 2822; CASIZ 2823.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1953: 386).

References

• Clark, A.M. 1953. Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History). III. Luidia. IV. Tosia and Pentagonaster. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 1(12): 379–412. BHL Reference page. 
• Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1906. The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 23(3): 987–1130. 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.