Pectinaster mimicus

Taxonavigation

Genus:

Taxonavigation: Notomyotida
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: Notomyotida

Familia: Benthopectinidae
Genus: Pectinaster
Species: Pectinaster mimicus
Subspecies: P. m. hylacanthus – P. m. malayanus – P. m. mimicus – P. m. palawanensis

Name

Pectinaster mimicus (Sladen, 1889)

original combination: Pontaster mimicus Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Challenger station 191. Arafura Sea, northwest of the Arrou Islands. 5.683333°S 134.075000°E / -5.683333; 134.075000. Depth 800 fms.

Synonymy

• Pontaster mimicus Sladen, 1889: 48–50, pl. 6 figs. 1–2, pl. 7 figs. 5–6; — Alcock, 1893: 78.
• Pontaster hispidus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891: 428–429; — Alcock, 1893: 78.
  • Type locality: Indian Ocean.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1981: 121).
• Pectinaster mimicus (Sladen, 1889) Perrier, 1894: 279; — Ludwig, 1910: 449; — Fisher, 1911: 126; 1919: 182–185, pl. 49 fig. 1; — H.E.S. Clark, 1970: 16–18, pl. 2 figs. a–b; — A.M. Clark, 1981: 121.
• Pectinaster hispidus ( Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Koehler, 1909: 12–13; — Ludwig, 1910: 449.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1981: 121).

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, A.M. 1981. Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 41: 91–135. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.E.S. 1970. Sea-stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from" Eltanin" Cruise 26, with a Review of the New Zealand Asteroid Fauna. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington. 52: 1–34. PDF. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions, vol. 3 . Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100(3): 1–547. 156 pls. hdl: 10088/21263 BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1909a. Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan Indien. I. Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum ... . Collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator. 5: 1–143. BHL Reference page. 
• Ludwig, H. 1910. Nomyota, eine neue Ordnung der Seesterne. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 23: 435–466. BHL. Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1894. Échinodermes. I. Stellérides. Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 3:1-431, 26 pls. BHL 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. 
• Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. 1891e. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer ‘Investigator,’ Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding.—Series II., No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890–91. Annals and magazine of natural history. (6)8(48): 427–452, pl. 17. BHL. Reference page.