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

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

References

Primary 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.  [see page 307, original description]

Additional references

• 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