Nepanthia belcheri

Nepanthia belcheri

Nepanthia belcheri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
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: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Asterinidae
Genus: Nepanthia
Species: Nepanthia belcheri

Name

Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875)

Original combination: Asterina (Nepanthia) belcheri Perrier, 1875

Synonymy

• Asterina (Nepanthia) belcheri Perrier, 1875
• Asterina (Nepanthia) brevis Perrier, 1875
• Echinaster heteractis (H.L. Clark, 1909)
  • Synonymized by H.L. Clark (1938)
• Henricia heteractis H.L. Clark, 1909
  • Synonymized by H.L. Clark (1938)
• Henricides heteractis (H.L. Clark, 1909)
  • Synonymized by H.L. Clark (1938)
• Nepanthia brevis (Perrier, 1875) Sladen, 1889: 387, pl. 63 figs. 3–5.
• Nepanthia joubini Koehler, 1908
• Nepanthia magnispina H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Type locality: Australia, Northwest Australia, Augustus (or Champagny) Island.
  • Holotype: MCZ AST-3320 [1]
• Nepanthia polyplax Döderlein, 1926
  • Synonymized by H.L. Clark (1938)
• Nepanthia suffarcinata Sladen, 1888
• Nepanthia variabilis H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Type locality: Australia, Western Australia, Broome. 17.971382°S 122.241280°E / -17.971382; 122.241280.
  • Holotype: MCZ AST-3323 [2]
  • Paratypes: MCZ AST-3324 [3]; MCZ AST-3325 [4]; BMNH 1939.6.15.78 [5]

References

• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Nepanthia belcheri p. 169–171, synonymy] [as Nepanthia magnispina p. 174] [as Nepanthia variabilis p. 176–179 (original description)]
• Perrier, E. 1875. Révision de la collection de Stellérides du museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris: 1-384 Hathitrust Google books Reference page.  [as Asterina (Nepanthia) belcheri p. 320–321 (original description)]
• 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.