Rhipidaster vannipes

Taxonavigation Edit

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 Edit

  • 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 Edit

  • Rhipidaster polyctenius Fisher, 1913
    • Synonymised by Mah & Fujita (2020)
    • Type locality: Indonesia, Mollucas, Halmahera Island (0.3222, 127.475); Depth 503m.
    • Holotype: USNM 32649 [1]
  • Xenorias polyctenius (Fisher, 1913)
    • Synonymised by Mah & Fujita (2020)

References Edit

  • 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.  [as Rhipidaster vannipes p. 405]
  • 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.  [as Rhipidaster vannipes p. 77–80, synonymy of Xenorias polyctenius]
  • 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.  [original description of Rhipidaster vannipes p. 448–450]