Tegulaster praesignis

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: Asterinidae
Genus: Tegulaster
Species: Tegulaster praesignis

Name

• Tegulaster praesignis (Livingstone, 1933) O’Loughlin in O’Loughlin & Waters, 2004
  • Original combination: Disasterina praesignis Livingstone, 1933
  • Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Port Curtis, off Curtis Island. Depth 3-4 fms.
  • Holotype: AM J5059

Synonymy

• Disasterina praesignis Livingstone, 1933
• Asterina perplexa H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Synonymized by O’Loughlin (2004)
  • Type locality: Australia, Western Australia, Broome. 17.971382°S 122.241280°E / -17.971382; 122.241280.
  • Holotype: MCZ AST-3267 [1]

References

• 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.  [as Disasterina spinulifera p. 156–157] [as Asterina perplexa p. 155–156 (original description)]
• Livingstone, A.A. 1933. Some genera and species of the Asterinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 1–20, pls 1–5. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1933.686. PDF. Reference page.  [as Disasterina praesignis p. 10–11 (original description)]
• O’Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 1–40. BHL DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1 Full article (PDF). Reference page.  [as Tegulaster praesignis p. 35–36 (recombination, synonymy)]