Rosaster bipunctus

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: Goniasteridae
Genus: Rosaster
Species: Rosaster bipunctus

Name

Rosaster bipunctus (Sladen, 1889)

original combination: Nymphaster bipunctus Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Challenger station 219. Papua New Guinea, north of Admiralty Islands. 1.900000°S 146.661111°E / -1.900000; 146.661111. Depth 150 fms.

Holotype: BMNH 1890.5.7.436 [1].

Synonymy

• Nymphaster bipunctus Sladen, 1889: 301–303, pl. 52 figs. 3–4, pl. 53 figs. 11–12.
• Nereidaster bipunctus (Sladen, 1889) Verrill, 1899: 187.
• Rosaster bipunctus (Sladen, 1889) Fisher, 1913: 631.

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1913. Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 43(1944): 599–648. 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. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1899. Revision of certain Genera and Species of Starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234. BHL. Reference page.