Myxoderma

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: Zoroasteridae
Genus: Myxoderma
Species: M. acutibrachia – M. longispinum – M. platyacanthum – M. qawashqari – M. sacculatum

Name

Myxoderma Fisher, 1905

• Type species: Zoroaster (Myxoderma) sacculatus Fisher, 1905 (by original designation)

Synonymy

• Zoroaster (Myxoderma) Fisher, 1905 [original rank as a subgenus of Zoroaster]

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1905. New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 24: 293–320. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Zoroaster (Myxoderma) p. 316]
• Mah, C.L. 2007. Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina; Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150(): 177–210. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-3642.2007.00291.X Reference page.  [as Myxoderma p. 192]