Tegulaster alba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Asterinidae
Genus: Tegulaster
Species: Tegulaster alba

Name

• Tegulaster alba (H.L. Clark, 1938)
  • original combination: Asterina alba H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Type locality: Australia, Lord Howe Island, Ned's Beach. 31.516000°S 159.083000°E / -31.516000; 159.083000.
  • Holotype: MCZ AST-3239 [1]
  • Paratypes: MCZ AST-3240 [2]; MCZ AST-3241 [3]; NMV F45118; WAM MIZ Z1703; WAM MIZ Z1702; QM G2066 [4]

Synonymy

• Asterina alba H.L. Clark, 1938

References

• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page.  [as Asterina alba p. 164]
• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Asterina alba p. 150–152 (original description)]