Pteraster hirsutus

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 hirsutus

Name

Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen, 1882)

original combination: Marsipaster hirsutus Sladen, 1882

Type locality: Challenger station 299. South Pacific Ocean. 33.516667°S 74.716667°W / -33.516667; -74.716667. Depth 2160 fms.

Synonymy

• Marsipaster hirsutus Sladen, 1882: 205–206; 1889: 487–488, pl. 78 figs. 3–4, pl. 79 figs. 4–6; — Alcock, 1893: 112.
• Pteraster hirsutus Sladen, 1882

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. 
• 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. 
• 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.