Rhopiella hirsuta

Rhopiella hirsuta, dorsal view

Rhopiella hirsuta, ventral view

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
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: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Echinasteridae
Genus: Rhopiella
Species: Rhopiella hirsuta

Name

• Rhopiella hirsuta (Koehler, 1920) Fisher, 1940
  • Original combination: Echinaster hirsutus Koehler, 1920

Synonymy

• Echinaster hirsuta Koehler, 1920
  • [?injustified emandation of Echinaster hirsutus?]
• Echinaster hirsutus Koehler, 1920
• Echinaster pterasteroides Koehler, 1920
  • Synonymized by A.M. Clark (1962)
• Echinaster spinulifer (E.A. Smith, 1876); — Sladen, 1889: 555.
  • Synonymized by A.M. Clark (1962)
• Rhopiella hirsuta kerguelenensis A.M. Clark 1962
  • Synonymized by Guille (1974)
  • Type locality: Royal Sound, Kerguelen. Depth 51 m.
• Rhopiella koehleri Fisher, 1940
  • Synonymized by A.M. Clark (1962)
  • Type locality: Bismarck Strait, Palmer Archipelago. R/V Discovery station 190. Depth 93-130 m.
  • Holotype: BMNH 1948.3.16.451 [1]
  • Paratypes: BMNH 1948.3.16.450 [2]; BMNH 1948.3.16.452 [3]; USNM E17223 [4]
• Rhopiella pterasteroides (Koehler, 1920) Fisher, 1940
  • Synonymized by A.M. Clark (1962)

References

• Clark, A.M. 1962. Asteroidea. Reports. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany). 9: 1–104. PDF Reference page.  [p. 38–39. As Rhopiella hirsuta, synonymy] [as Rhopiella hirsuta kerguelenensis p. 40 (original description)]
• Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page.  [as Rhopiella hirsuta and Rhopiella pterasteroides p. 160 (recombinations)] [as Rhopiella koehleri p. 160–162; Fig. E, 2–2d; Pl. X, figs. 1, 2 (original description)]
• Koehler, J.B.F.R 1920. Echinodermata Asteroidea. Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14). Scientific Reports. Series C, Zoology and botany 8(1): 1–308. BHL Reference page.  [as Echinaster hirsutus p. 113–115; Pl. XII, fig. 9; Pl.XXIV, figs. 6–9; Pl. LXVI, fig. 2 (original description)]
• 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.