Hippasteria heathi, FISHER, 1905

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, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (2), pp. 266-301 : 286

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00638.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491795
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C1391E19-FF84-3748-FEFD-FB13FD34B425
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scientific name	Hippasteria heathi
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HIPPASTERIA HEATHI FISHER, 1905 View in CoL

Fisher, 1905: 319; 1911: 231; Krieger & Wing, 2002: 86.

Occurrence: Alaska, Gulf of Alaska. 377–454 m.

Material examined: HOLOTYPE: USNM 22338 About USNM , Guard Island, Behm Canal, Alexander Archipelago , Alaska, 55°N, 131°W, 377–454 m, coll. USFC Albatross , 9.vii.1903 (1 dry spec. R = 7.8, r = 3.9). GoogleMaps

References

Fisher WK. 1905. New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries 24: 291 - 320.

Fisher WK. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum 76: xiii + 420 pp. 122 pls.

Krieger KJ, Wing BL. 2002. Megafauna associations with deepwater corals (Primnoa spp.) in the Gulf of Alaska. Hydrobiologia 471: 83 - 90.

Abbreviations

USFC	U. S. Fish Commission
R	Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Class	Asteroidea
Order	Valvatida
Family	Goniasteridae
Genus	Hippasteria

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