Narcissia ahearnae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
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 Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Narcissia
Species: Narcissia ahearnae

Name

Narcissia ahearnae Pawson, 2007

Type locality: Bahamas, San Salvador, Off Cockburn Town. 24.062000°N 74.548500°W / 24.062000; -74.548500. Depth 130 m.

Holotype: HBOM 073:00531.

Paratypes: HBOM 073:00532; USNM E9736 [1]; USNM E12440 [2].

Etymology: named after Cynthia Ahearn.

Synonymy

• Narcissia ahearnae Pawson, 2007: 54–58, figs. 1–4; — Cunha & Tavares, 2021: 873–875, figs. 3A, B, 4A, 5A, B, 6C, 7A, F, 8, 9A, 10A.

References

• Cunha, R. & Tavares, T. 2021. A review of the genus Narcissia Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Ophidiasteridae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 101(6): 871–893. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315421000783 . Reference page. 
• Pawson, D.L. 2007. Narcissia ahearnae, a new species of sea star from the Western Atlantic (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Valvatida). Zootaxa. 1386(1): 53–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1386.1.6 Reference page.  [as Narcissia ahearnae p. 54–58 (original description)]