Perissasterias polyacantha

Perissasterias polyacantha. Fig. 3.

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: Perissasterias
Species: Perissasterias polyacantha

Name

Perissasterias polyacantha H.L. Clark, 1923

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

Synonymy

• Perissasterias polyacantha H.L. Clark, 1923: 307–309, pl. 18 fig. 3; 1926: 29, pl. 6; — Fisher, 1926: 199; — Mortensen, 1933: 278; — Tablado & Maytia, 1988: 1–11, pl. 1.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1923. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 13(7): 221-435, pls VIII-XXIII. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933b. Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 93: 215-400; pl. VIII-XIX PDF Reference page. 
• 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