Published December 31, 2017 | Version v1
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Bathyferdina

Description

Bathyferdina nov. gen

Etymology. The genus name is derived from the Greek bathos for “depth” and the type genus Ferdina in reference to the much deeper depth inhabited by the type species relative to the other Ferdina species.

Type species. Bathyferdina aireyae n. sp. (by monotypy). Diagnosis. As for species.

Taxonomic comments. As for species below.

Notes

Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2017, Overview of the Ferdina - like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 4271 (1) on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/583192

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Biodiversity

Family
Ophidiasteridae
Genus
Bathyferdina
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Valvatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus