Stellaster princeps

Stellaster princeps

Stellaster princeps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
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 Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Stellaster
Species: Stellaster princeps

Name

Stellaster princeps Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Challenger station 187. Booby Island, Torres Strait. 10.600000°S 141.916667°E / -10.600000; 141.916667. Depth 6 fms.

Holotype: BMNH 1890.5.7.1092-6 [1].

Synonymy

• Stellaster princeps Sladen, 1889: 323–325, pl. 58 figs. 1–2; — H.L. Clark, 1921: 29; 1938: 98–101 pl. 4 figs. 1–2.
• Stellaster megaloprepes H.L. Clark, 1914: 141–143, pl. 18.
  • Type locality: Western Australia, off Port Hedland. 20.3°S 118.5833°E / -20.3; 118.5833.
  • Holotype: WAM MIZ Z1745 [formely 4030].
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1938: 99).

References

• Clark, H.L. 1914. The echinoderms of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 1(3): 132-173. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: 1–223. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. 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.