Mediaster arcuatus

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: Mediaster
Species: Mediaster arcuatus

Name

Mediaster arcuatus (Sladen, 1889)

Original combination: Pentagonaster arcuatus Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Challenger station 232. Japan, Sagami Bay. 35.183333°N 139.466667°E / 35.183333; 139.466667. Depth 345 fms.

Holotype: BMNH 1890.5.7.407 [1].

Synonymy

• Pentagonaster arcuatus Sladen, 1889: 277–279, pl. 52 figs. 1–2, pl. 18 figs. 5–6; — Alcock, 1893: 89–90; — Gotō, 1914: 326–332, pl. 11 figs. 171–177.
• Mediaster arcuatus (Sladen, 1889) Verrill, 1899: 183; — H.E.S. Clark in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 71–74, pl. 18 fig. 22.
• Mediaster dawsoni McKnight, 1973: 175, fig. 3.
  • Type locality: South of New Zealand.
  • Synonymised by H.E.S. Clark in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight (2001: 71).

References

• Alcock, A.W. 1893. Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine Survey Steamer `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding.--Series II., No. 7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 6) 11(62) (art. 15): 73–121. BHLReference page. 
• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 1973. Additions to the asteroid fauna of New Zealand: family Goniasteridae. NZOI records 1(13): 171–195. Reference page. 
• Gotō, S. 1914. A descriptive monograph of Japanese asteroidea. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 29: 1–808. 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.