Pythonaster atlantidis

Pythonaster atlantidis

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: Myxasteridae
Genus: Pythonaster
Species: Pythonaster atlantidis

Name

• Pythonaster atlantidis A.H. Clark, 1948
  • Type locality: "Atlantis" station 15; SW of Fail, Azores; 3200 m.; 16 August 1947
  • Holotype: USNM E7175 [1]

References

• Clark, A.H. 1948. Some interesting starfishes and brittle-stars dredged by the Atlantis in the mid-Atlantic. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 38: 75–78. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Pythonaster atlantidis p. 76–77]
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page.  [as Pythonaster atlantidis p. 58]
• Mah, C.L. 2020. New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Zootaxa. 4766(2): 201-260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1 Reference page.  [as Pythonaster atlantidis p. 243–245]
• Mah, C.L., Mercier, A., Hamel, J.-F. Nizinski, M. 2012. Range extensions and taxonomic notes on Atlantic Myxasteridae (Velatida; Asteroidea). Zootaxa 3572: 55–62. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3572.1.7 Reference page.  [as Pythonaster atlantidis p. 60]