Brisinga chathamica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brisingida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Asterozoa
Classis: Asteroidea
Ordo: Brisingida

Familia: Brisingidae
Genus: Brisinga
Species:

Name

Brisinga chathamica (McKnight, 1973)

  • Original combination: Craterobrisinga chathamica McKnight, 1973
  • Type locality: NIWA station J59. New Zealand. 43°51′00″S 179°25′00″E / 43.85°S 179.4167°E / -43.85; 179.4167. Depth 309 m.
  • Holotype: NIWA 1146 [formely H-158].
  • Paratypes: NIWA 474 [formely P-219]; NIWA 474 [formely P-220].

Synonymy

  • Craterobrisinga chathamica McKnight, 1973: 238–239, fig. 9.
  • Brisinga chathamica (McKnight, 1973) McKnight, 1993: 193; 2006: 72–73, pl. 66.

References

  • McKnight, D.G. 1973. Additions to the asteroid fauna of New Zealand: families Benthopectinidae, Odontasteridae, Asteriidae and Brisingidae; with notes on Porcellanaster caeruleus Wyville Thomson (family Porcellanasteridae). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Records. 1(16): 219–240. PDF. Reference page. 
  • McKnight, D.G. 1993b. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 20(3): 191-200. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1993.10422859 Open access 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.