Pteraster obesus

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 obesus

Name

Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908

• Type locality: Japan, Sagamy Bay. Depth 75 fms.
• Holotype: MCZ AST-1947 [1].

Synonymy

• Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908: 283–284.
• Pteraster (Apterodon) obesus H.L. Clark, 1908; — McKnight, 2006: 19, pl. 10.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1908. Some Japanese and East Indian Echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 51(11): 279-311. 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.