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Zoroaster actinocles FISHER 1919

Description

ZOROASTER ACTINOCLES FISHER, 1919

Zoroaster actinocles Fisher, 1919: 390; 1928: 37; Clark & Mah, 2001: 233

Occurrence: Aleutian Islands, California to Chile. 1617−2710 m.

Material examined: Alaska. CASIZ 120350 Patton Seamount, Gulf of Alaska. [1 wet spec. R >15.4, r = 2.1 (arms broken)] NMNH 37039 HOLOTYPE, North of Amukta Pass, Island of Four Mountains, Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea. 53°12′N, 171°37′W, 2226 m, coll. 29.v.1906 (1 wet spec. R = 16.1, r = 1.1) California. CASIZ 769 Monterey Fan Valley, 36.00°33.70″N, 122.00°27.20″W, 2430−2710 m, Coll. 21.iii.1975. (8 wet spec. R = 9.7, r = 0.8; R = 7.6, r = 0.8; R = 8.8, r = 0.8; R = 6.1, r = 0.7; R = 6.1, r = 0.6; R = 5.2, r = 0.6) CASIZ 115905 East Cortes Bank, 32.00°15.90″Ν 118.00°41.20″W, 1617−1678 m, Coll. 20.i.1985. (2 wet specs. R = 13.4, r = 1.0, R = 12.3, r = 1.0) Chile. CASIZ 115934 Off Chile, 45°35′N, 75°55′W 1920.0 m, Coll. 11.ii.1888. (1 wet spec. R = 11.1, r = 1.1) NMNH 1084274 west mouth of Straits of Magellan. 53°13′S, 75°41′W to 53°16′S, 75°41′W. 1500−1666 m. Coll. 5.i.1966. (2 dry specs. R = 15.1, r = 1.3; R = 12.5, r = 1.0).

Notes

Published as part of Mah, Christopher, 2007, Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina; Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features, pp. 177-210 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (1) on page 195, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5430876

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
R
Event date
1888-02-11
Family
Zoroasteridae
Genus
Zoroaster
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
CASIZ 120350, NMNH 37039, CASIZ 769, CASIZ 115905, CASIZ 115934, NMNH 1084274
Order
Forcipulatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
FISHER
Species
actinocles
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1888-02-11/1985-01-20
Taxonomic concept label
Zoroaster actinocles FISHER, 1919 sec. Mah, 2007

References

  • Clark AM, Mah C. 2001. An index of names of recent Asteroidea- Part 4: Forcipulatida and Brisingida. Echinoderm Studies 6: 229 - 347.