Sthenaster emmae

Sthenaster emmae

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
Subfamilia: Hippasterinae
Genus: Sthenaster
Species: Sthenaster emmae

Name

Sthenaster emmae Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010

• Type locality: Savannah Banks, 31°42′N, 79°07′W, 498 m, coll. T. Casazza, JSL 4902, 26.x.2005

• Holotype: USNM 1124468 [1]

• Paratypes: USNM E15539 [2]; USNM 1124469 [3]

References

• Mah, C.L. 2020. New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Zootaxa. 4766(2): 201-260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1 Reference page.  [as Sthenaster emmae p. 237–238]
• Mah, C.L., Nizinski, M., Lundsten, L. 2010. Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160(2): 266–301. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00703.x Reference page.  [original description of Sthenaster emmae p. 274–276]