Sclerasterias euplecta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Sclerasterias
Species: Sclerasterias euplecta

Name

Sclerasterias euplecta (Fisher, 1906)

• original combination: Coscinasterias euplecta Fisher, 1906
• Type locality: USA, Hawaii, Pailolo Channel, Maui Island, Lipoa Point. "Albatross" station 3885. Depth 249-271 m.
• Holotype: USNM 21188 [1]
• Paratypes: USNM 31934; USNM 39918; USNM 31935; USNM 31937; USNM 39901; USNM 31381; USNM 39423; CASIZ 2885

Synonymy

• Coscinasterias euplecta Fisher, 1906: 1105–1106.
• Distolasterias euplecta (Fisher, 1906)
• Distolasterias hypacantha Fisher, 1917
• Eustolasterias euplecta (Fisher, 1906) Fisher, 1923: 255.
• Sclerasterias hypacantha Fisher, 1928
• Sclerasterias euplecta (Fisher, 1906)

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1906. The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 23(3): 987–1130. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1923a. XXVIII.—A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidæ, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 12(68): 247-258. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632942 Reference page.