Allostichaster polyplax

Familia: Stichasteridae
Genus: Allostichaster
Species:

Allostichaster polyplax (Müller & Troschel, 1844)

Original combination: Asteracanthion polyplax Müller & Troschel, 1844

Type locality: Port Willunga, South Australia designated by Cotton & Godfrey (1942: 205).

Holotype: ZMB 541 [1].

• Asteracanthion polyplax Müller & Troschel, 1844: 178.
• Asterias polyplax (Müller & Troschel, 1844) Perrier, 1875: 63–64; — H.L. Clark, 1914: 151.
• Tarsaster neozelanicus Farquhar, 1895: 207–208, pl. 12 figs. 15–23.
  • Type locality: New Zealand.
  • Syntypes: CMNZ.
  • Synonymised by Farquhar (1897: 196).
• Stichaster polyplax (Müller & Troschel, 1844) Sladen, 1889; — Farquhar, 1897: 196.
• Allostichaster polyplax (Müller & Troschel, 1844) Verrill, 1914: 363; — Mortensen, 1925: 315–316; — H.L. Clark, 1916: 70–71; 1938: 193–195; Cotton & Godfrey, 1942: 205; — Fell, 1960: 66; — A.M. Clark, 1962: 101–102; — McKnight, 2006: 50, pl. 45.

• Clark, A.M. 1962. Asteroidea. Reports. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany). 9: 1–104. PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1914. The echinoderms of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 1(3): 132-173. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1916. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Biological Results of the Fishing experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914. 4(1): 1-123, pls. I-XLIV. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Cotton, B.C., Godfrey, F.K. 1942. Echinodermata of the Flindersian Region, Southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum. 7: 193–234. BHL. Reference page. 
• Farquhar, H.A.R. 1895. Notes on New Zealand Echinoderms. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 27: 194–208. BHL. Reference page. 
• Farquhar, H.A.R. 1897. A contribution to the history of New Zealand Echinoderms. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 26: 186–198. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 5: 1–31. PDF Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1925. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III–V. Asteroidea, Holothurioidea and Crinoidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 79(15): 261–420. PDF. Reference page. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1844. Beschreibung neuer Asteriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 10: 178–185. BHL. Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1875. Révision de la collection de Stellérides du museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris: 1-384 Hathitrust Google books Reference page. 
• Sladen, P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1914. Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Smithsonian Institution - Harriman Alaska Series. 14(Part I): 408pp; 14(Part II): 110 plates. Part I, Part II. Reference page.