Zoroaster spinulosus

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 spinulosus

Name

Zoroaster spinulosus Fisher, 1906

• Type locality: Hawaii, Molokai Island, Kahiu Point. "Albatross" station 3892. Depth 600-757 m.
• Holotype: USNM 21187 [1].
• Paratypes: USNM 32210; USNM 31382; CASIZ 17301; CASIZ 17324; CASIZ 17325.

Synonymy

• Zoroaster spinulosus Fisher, 1906: 1102–1104, pl. 24 fig. 3, pl. 41 fig. 2, pl. 43 fig. 5–6; — Fell, 1960: 65, pl. 3, 5; — McKnight, 2006: 42, pl. 37; — Mah, 2007: 198.

References

• Fell, H.B. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 5: 1–31. PDF Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1906. The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 23(3): 987–1130. BHL Reference page. 
• 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.