Pteraster affinis

Pteraster affinis

Pteraster affinis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Velatida
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: Velatida

Familia: Pterasteridae
Genus: Pteraster
Species: Pteraster affinis

Name

Pteraster affinis E.A. Smith, 1876

Synonymy

• Pteraster affinis E.A. Smith, 1876: 108; — Sladen, 1882: 192; — Mortensen, 1933: 397; — A.M. Clark, 1962: 59–63, textfigs. 9, 10a–g; — O’Hara, 1999: 182–183.
• Pteraster brachiatus Koehler, 1917
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1962: 59).
• Pteraster lebruni brachiatus Koehler, 1917; — Fisher, 1940: 196–197.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1962: 59).
• Pteraster aculeatus Koehler, 1920
• Pteraster affinis aculeatus Koehler, 1920; — A.M. Clark, 1962: 64, textfigs. 10a–b.
• Pteraster marplatensis Bernasconi, 1935
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1962: 59).
• Pteraster (Pteraster) affinis E.A. Smith, 1876; — McKnight, 2006: 17.

References

• Clark, A.M. 1962. Asteroidea. Reports. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany). 9: 1–104. PDF Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF 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. 
• O’Hara, T.D. 1990. Systematics and biology of Macquarie Island echinoderms. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 57(2): 167–223. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1999.57.09 Reference page. 
• Sladen, P. 1882. The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 16: 189–246. BHL. Reference page. 
• Smith, E.A. 1876. Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Serie 4. 17: 105-113. BHL Reference page.