Ceramaster grenadensis subsp. grenadensis grenadensis (Perrier 1881
Description
Ceramaster grenadensis grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) Reports for the Azores:
Pentagonaster gosselini $ Perrier, 1885c: 35, 1894: 399–401, pl. 26, fig. 4, 1896a: 45; $ Koehler 1909: 84, pl. 1, fig. 9; Pentagonaster balteatus Sladen, 1891 — Farran 1913: 9–10; Ceramaster balteatus (Sladen, 1891) — Mortensen 1927a: 82, fig. 45; $ Tortonese 1955: 676–677; Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) — Downey 1973: 49–50, pl. 17, figs. C–D; Dilman 2014: 32; Ceramaster grenadensis grenadensis (Perrier, 1881)—A.M. Clark & Downey 1992: 234–235, figs. 39c–d, pl. 55, figs. C–D; García-Diez et al. 2005: 47.
Type locality: Grenada, Caribbean (12°04’N, 61°50”W).
See: A.M. Clark & Downey (1992).
Occurrence: Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic, in the west from Florida to Brazil (Halpern 1970) and in the east from SW Ireland to the Gulf of Guinea (Downey 1973), including the Azores, Canaries and Cape Verde (Perrier 1894, Koehler 1909). The subspecies Ceramaster grenadensis euryplax (H.L. Clark, 1923) is restricted to South Africa and C. grenadensis patagonicus (Sladen, 1889) is known from the Falkland Islands, Burdwood Bank, Gulf of California and southern Alaska to the Bering Sea (Mortensen 1936). Both C. grenadensis fisheri Bernasconi, 1963 and C. grenadensis productus Djakonov, 1950 are known only from the Pacific Ocean (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992).
Depth: 200– 2,845 m (Mecho et al. 2014); AZO: 1,095 –1,557 m (Perrier 1896, Koehler 1909).
Habitat: soft substrates, sand, mud to Globigerina ooze (Koehler 1909).
Larval stage: lecithotrophic (Mecho et al. 2015).
Remarks: Ceramaster grenadensis is a highly variable species, a feature reflected by its long list of synonyms, subspecies and varieties. Perrier (1885c, 1894) described Pentagonaster gosselini based on material collected by Talisman, which included specimens from the Azores. Later, Perrier (1896a) and Koehler (1909) reported the same species among the material collected by Hirondelle and Princesse Alice, respectively. Farran (1913) synonymized Perrier’s species with Ceramaster balteatus (= Pentagonaster balteatus) described by Sladen (1891) from the southwest of Ireland. Previously, Verrill (1899) had proposed to synonymise C. balteatus with C. granularis (= Tosia granularis), a decision that did not reunited consensus among contemporaneous authors. John & A.M. Clark (1954) accepted Verrill’s proposal and placed P. gosselini in the synonymy of Ceramaster granularis forma balteatus. However, Tortonese (1955) argued that C. balteatus was morphological distinct from C. granularis and only partially sympatric with the latter species, though he could not agree whether the observed differences could be supported at specific or subspecific level. Currently both C. balteatus and P. gosselini are considered conspecific with C. grenadensis.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- AZO
- Family
- Goniasteridae
- Genus
- Ceramaster
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Valvatida
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Scientific name authorship
- grenadensis (Perrier
- Species
- grenadensis
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- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ceramaster grenadensis subsp. grenadensis (Perrier, 1881 sec. Madeira, Kroh, Cordeiro, De, Martins & Ávila, 2019
References
- Perrier, M. E. (1881) Description sommaire des especes nouvelles d'Asteries. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo ˆ logy at Harvard College, 9, 1 - 31.
- Perrier, M. E. (1885 c) Premiere note preliminaire des les Echinodermes, recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, 22 (8), 1 - 72.
- Perrier, M. E. (1894) Stellerides. Expeditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman. Masson, Paris, 431 pp.
- Koehler, R. (1909) Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice (Asteries, Ophiures, Echinides et Crinoides). Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 34, 1 - 317.
- Sladen, W. P. (1891) Report on a collection of echinodermata from the south-west coast of Ireland, dredged in 1888 by a committee appointed by the Royal Irish Academy. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Series 3, 1, 687 - 704.
- Farran, G. P. (1913) The deep-water Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea of the West Coast of Ireland. Department of Agriculture and technical instruction for Ireland, fisheries branch, scientific investigations, 6, 1 - 66. [1912]
- Mortensen, T. (1927 a) Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Oxford University Press, viii + 471 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6841
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- Garcia-Diez, C., Porteiro, F. M., Meirinho, A., Cardigos, F. & Tempera, F. (2005) Taxonomic review of selected invertebrate groups collected during the Campaigns of the Prince Albert I of Monaco in the Azorean waters. Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences, 22 A, 35 - 59.
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- Djakonov, A. M. (1950) Starfish of the Soviet Union. Tableaux analytiques de la faune de l'URSS, 34, 1 - 203. [not seen]
- Mecho, A., Billett, D. S. M., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Aguzzi, J., Tyler, P. A. & Company, J. B. (2014) First records, rediscovery and compilation of deep-sea echinoderms in the middle and lower continental slope of the Mediterranean Sea. Scientia Marina, 78 (2), 281 - 302. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 03983.30 C
- Perrier, M. E. (1896 a) Contribution a l'etude des stellerides de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Acores, Terre-Neuve). Resultats Des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies Par Le Prince Albert I, Monaco, 11, 1 - 571.
- Mecho, A., Fernandez-Arcaya, U., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Aguzzi, J. & Company, J. B. (2015) Reproductive biology of the seastar Ceramaster grenadensis from the deep north-western Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 95, 805 - 815. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315415000065
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