Perissasterias polyacantha

Perissasterias polyacantha. Fig. 3.

Taxonavigation Edit

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: Perissasterias
Species: Perissasterias polyacantha

Name Edit

Perissasterias polyacantha H.L. Clark, 1923

  • Holotype: SAM A6445
  • Type locality: 42 miles NW of Lion's Head, Cape Town, South Africa. Depth: 156 fms.

References Edit

Primary references Edit

Additional references Edit

  • Clark, H.L. 1926. VII. Echinoderms from the South African Fisheries & Marine Biological Survey-pt. 2. Sea-stars (Asteroidea). Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa. 4: 1-33. Reference page.  [see page 29]
  • Fisher, W.K. 1926. XXI.—Notes on the Asteroidea.—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 18(104): 196-200. DOI: 10.1080/00222932608633495   Reference page.  [see page 199]
  • Tablado, A., Maytia, S. 1988. Presencia de Perissasterias polyacantha H.L. Clark, 1923 (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) en el oceano Atlantico sudoccidental. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo. XII(169): 1-11. ResearchGate