Anasterias directa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Anasterias
Species: Anasterias directa

Name

Anasterias directa (Koehler, 1920)

• original combination: Parastichaster directus Koehler, 1920
• Type locality: Marcquarie Island.
• Syntypes: AM J3636; AM J3836 [J3836 destroyed, see Rowe & Pawson (1977: 342)].

Synonymy

• Parastichaster directus Koehler, 1920: 97–101, pl. 20 figs. 8–11, pl. 21 figs. 8–12, pl. 23 figs. 1–2, pl. 62 fig. 2; — Rowe & Pawson, 1977: 342.
• Sporasterias directa (Koehler, 1920) Fisher, 1930: 241.
• Anasterias directa (Koehler, 1920) A.M. Clark, 1962: 97, textfig. 17c; — O’Hara, 1999: 190–193, pl. 2f–h; — McKnight, 2006: 53, pl. 48.

References

• Clark, A.M. 1962. Asteroidea. Reports. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany). 9: 1–104. PDF Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1930. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76(3): 1-356. DOI: 10.5479/si.03629236.76.3 BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R 1920. Echinodermata Asteroidea. Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14). Scientific Reports. Series C, Zoology and botany 8(1): 1–308. BHL Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. 1990. Systematics and biology of Macquarie Island echinoderms. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 57(2): 167–223. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1999.57.09 Reference page. 
• Rowe, F.W.E. & Pawson, D.L. 1977. A catalogue of echinoderm type-specimens in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 30(14): 337–364. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.30.1977.392 .Reference page.