Rhipidaster vannipes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
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: Valvatida

Familia: Solasteridae
Genus: Rhipidaster
Species: Rhipidaster vannipes

Name

Rhipidaster vannipes Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Between Cape York and Frederick Henry Island, 51.2 m (28 fms) HMS Challenger St. 188, Coll. 10 September 1874

Holotype: BMNH 90.5.7.706.

Synonymy

• Rhipidaster vannipes Sladen, 1889: 448–450, pl. 69 figs. 1–4; — Bell, 1894: 405; — Mah & Fujita, 2020: 77–80, figs. 4A–E.
• Rhipidaster (Xenorias) polyctenius Fisher, 1913: 222–223.
  • Type locality: Indonesia, Mollucas, Halmahera Island. 0.3222°N 127.475°E / 0.3222; 127.475. Depth 503 m.
  • Holotype: USNM 32649 [1].
  • Synonymised by Mah & Fujita (2020: 77).
• Xenorias polyctenius (Fisher, 1913) Fisher, 1919: 451–453, pl. 120 fig. 1, pl. 123 fig. 1, pl. 133 figs. 1, 1a–b.
  • Synonymised by Mah & Fujita (2020: 77).

References

• Bell, F.J. 1894. On the echinoderms collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Penguin and by H.M.S. Egeria, when surveying Macclesfield Bank. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1894: 392–413. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1913. New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 46(2022): 201–224. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions, vol. 3 . Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100(3): 1–547. 156 pls. hdl: 10088/21263 BHL Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. & Fujita, T. 2020. New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of Paralophaster from the North Pacific with an overview of Hyalinothrix. Zootaxa. 4750(1): 67–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.4 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.