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Chondraster elattosis H. L. Clark 1923

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Chondraster elattosis H. L. Clark 1923

H.L. Clark 1923: 274–275, pl.8, fig. 4; 1926: 17–18; Madsen 1959: 156–157; A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976: 73–74; Clark & Downey 1992: 202; A.M. Clark 1993: 229.

Occurrence. South Africa, west of Cape Province (c. 34ºS, 18ºE) extending south and east to about 37ºS, 21ºE, 402–1025.

Material examined. SAEON #3, South Africa, –35.9969, 19.5724, 618 m. Coll. SAEON, trawl 011-5150, st. A31370 (1 wet spec. R= 7.8, r=6.0)

Notes

Published as part of Mah, Christopher L. & Foltz, David W., 2014, New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with Comments on Feeding Biology, pp. 327-372 in Zootaxa 3795 (3) on pages 333-334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/252134

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Poraniidae
Genus
Chondraster
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Valvatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
H. L. Clark
Species
elattosis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chondraster elattosis Clark, 1923 sec. Mah & Foltz, 2014

References

  • Clark, H. L. (1923) The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 13 (7), 221 - 435.
  • Madsen, F. J. (1959) A new North - Atlantic sea - star Chondraster hermanni n. sp. with some remarks on related forms. Videnskabelige Meddelelser Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 121, 161 - 170.
  • Clark, A. M. & Courtman-Stock, J. (1976) The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. Publ. 766 BMNH, London, 277 pp.
  • Clark, A. M. & Downey, M. E. (1992) Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman and Hall, London, 820 pp.
  • Clark, A. M. (1993) An index of names of recent Asteroidea - Part 2, Valvatida. Echinoderm Studies, 4, 187 - 366.