Pteraster spinosissimus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Velatida
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: Velatida

Familia: Pterasteridae
Genus: Pteraster
Species: Pteraster spinosissimus

Name

Pteraster rugatus (Sladen, 1882)

original combination: Marsipaster spinosissimus Sladen, 1882

Type locality: Challenger station 286. South Pacific Ocean. 33.483333°S 133.366667°W / -33.483333; -133.366667. Depth 2335 fms.

Synonymy

• Marsipaster spinosissimus Sladen, 1882: 203–205; 1889: 485–487, pl. 78 figs. 5–6, pl. 79 figs. 7–9.
• Pteraster spinosissimus Sladen, 1882

References

• Sladen, P. 1882. The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 16: 189–246. 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.