Pythonaster murrayi

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 murrayi

Name

Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Challenger station 323. South Atlantic Ocean. 35.650000°S 50.783333°W / -35.650000; -50.783333. Depth 1900 fms.

Note: named in 1885 but without description.

Synonymy

• Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1885: 609; 1889: 532–534, pl. 95 figs. 1–5; — Mah et al., 2012: 61.

References

• 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. 
• Sladen, P. 1885. The Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S., and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. Narrative 1(2): 607-617. 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.