Zoroaster alternicanthus

Zoroaster alternicanthus

Zoroaster alternicanthus

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: Zoroaster
Species: Zoroaster alternicanthus

Name

Zoroaster alternicanthus McKnight, 2006

• Type locality: NIWA station E867. South Pacific Ocean. 33.3167°S 167.5°E / -33.3167; 167.5. Depth 1392 m.
• Holotype: NIWA 3877 [formely H-854].
• Paratypes: NIWA 3881 [formely P-1411]; NIWA 3882 [formely P-1410]; NIWA 3883 [formely P-1412].

Synonymy

• Zoroaster alternicanthus McKnight, 2006: 42–43, pl. 38; — Mah, 2007: 195.

References

• 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. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.