Tarsastrocles verrilli

Tarsastrocles verrilli

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: Tarsastrocles
Species: Tarsastrocles verrilli

Name

Tarsastrocles verrilli (Fisher, 1906) Fisher, 1923

• Original combination: Hydrasterias verrilli Fisher, 1906
• Type locality: Hawaii, Pailolo Channell, Maui Island, north of Kahakuloa. "Albatross" station 3867. Depth 519-530 m.
• Holotype: USNM 21189 [1]
• Etymology: named after Addison Emery Verrill

Synonymy

• Hydrasterias verrilli 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.  [original description of Hydrasterias verrilli p. 1106–1107]
• Fisher, W.K. 1923b. LXII.—A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidæ, a family of sea-stars (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 12(71): 595-607. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632982 Reference page.  [as Tarsastrocles verrilli p. 597, recombination]