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Evoplosoma timorensis Aziz & Jangoux 1985

Description

EVOPLOSOMA TIMORENSIS AZIZ & JANGOUX, 1985

Aziz & Jangoux, 1985a: 263; Clark, 1993: 253

Occurrence: East Timor Region, Malaysia, 8°50.2’S, 127°2′E. 883 m.

Material examined: None.

EVOPLOSOMA VIRGO DOWNEY, 1982

FIGURE 9A–D

Downey, 1982: 772; Clark, 1993: 253

Occurrence: Gulf of Mexico, 2056 m.

Material examined: HOLOTYPE: USNM E24285, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, 26°08′N,

92°43′W, 2056 m (1124 fms), coll. W. Pequegnat, 30.vii.1971 (1 dry spec. R = 11.5 cm, r = 3.3 cm).

Notes

Published as part of Mah, Christopher, Nizinski, Martha & Lundsten, Lonny, 2010, Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species, pp. 266-301 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (2) on pages 282-283, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00638.x, http://zenodo.org/record/10114738

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Scientific name authorship
Aziz & Jangoux
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Order
Valvatida
Family
Goniasteridae
Genus
Evoplosoma
Species
timorensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Evoplosoma timorensis Aziz, 1985 sec. Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010

References

  • Aziz A, Jangoux M. 1985 a. Four new species and one new subspecies of Asteroidea (Echinodermata) collected by the Siboga Expedition in the Indo-Malayan region. Bijdragen Tot De Dierkunde 55: 263 - 274.
  • Clark AM. 1993. An index of names of recent Asteroidea - Part 2: Valvatida. Echinoderm Studies 4: 187 - 366.
  • Downey ME. 1982. Evoplosoma virgo, a new goniasterid starfish (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95: 772 - 773.