Zoroaster fulgens Wyville Thomson, 1873

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Thomson, C. W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. ‘Porcupine’ and ’Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=8316

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Echinodermata

class

Asteroidea

order

Forcipulatida

family

Zoroasteridae

genus

Zoroaster

species

Zoroaster fulgens

Name

Synonyms

Prognaster grimaldii Perrier, 1891

Prognaster longicauda Perrier, 1894

Zoroaster ackleyi Perrier, 1881

Zoroaster bispinosus Koehler, 1909

Zoroaster diomedeae Verrill, 1884

Zoroaster longicauda Perrier, 1885

Zoroaster trispinosus Koehler, 1896

Homonyms

Zoroaster fulgens Wyville Thomson, 1873

Common names

estrella de mar in language.

Bibliographic References

1. Blake, D.B. and Zinsmeister, W.J. (1988). Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Geological Society of America Memoir.</em> 169: 489-498.
2. Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
3. Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351.
4. Howell, K.L. A.D. Rogers, P.A. Tyler, and D.S.M. Billett. (2004). Reproductive isolation among morphotypes of the Atlantic seastar species <i>Zoroaster fulgens</i>. Marine Biology 144: 977-984.
5. Howell, K.L., D.W. Pond, D.S.M. Billett & P.A. Tyler. (2003). Feeding ecology of deep-sea seastars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea): A fatty-acid biomarker approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series 255: 193-206.
6. Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.
7. Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII.