Alloceramaster affinis

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Alloceramaster
Species:

Alloceramaster affinis (Perrier, 1884)

Original combination: Pentagonaster affinis Perrier, 1884

Type locality: Off Dominica, 15°26′36″N 61°36′45″W / 15.4433333°N 61.612500°W / 15.4433333; -61.612500, depth 1131 fms.

Holotype: MCZ:IZ:AST-403 [1].

Paratype: MCZ:IZ:AST-404 [2].

Note: Synonymised by Halpern (1970: 213) with Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881), removed from synonymy by Mah (2025: 53).

• Pentagonaster affinis Perrier, 1884: 168, 183, 186, 243, pl. 8(4); — Sladen, 1889: 265, 267, 744; — Perrier, 1894: 40, 390.
• Tosia affinis (Perrier, 1884) Perrier, 1884: 183.
• Pyrenaster affinis (Perrier, 1884) Verrill, 1899: 168; — Verrill, 1915: 222.
• Ceramaster affinis (Perrier, 1884) Fisher, 1911: 165.
• Alloceramaster affinis (Perrier, 1884) Mah, 2025: 53–55, fig. 2.

• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Halpern, J.A. 1970. Biological Investigations of the deep sea. 51. Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science. 20(1): 193–286. Online Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2025a. New Australian deep-sea Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Valvatacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 84: 49–88. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2025.84.02 . Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1884. Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueillies dans la mer des Antilles et le golfe du Mexique durant les expéditions de dragage faites sous la direction de M. Alexandre Agassiz. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 2. 6: 127-276, pls I-X. BHL Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1894. Échinodermes. I. Stellérides. Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 3:1-431, 26 pls. BHL 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. 1899. Revision of certain Genera and Species of Starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234. BHL. Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1915. Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 7: 1–232. BHL Reference page. 

• Alloceramaster affinis (Perrier, 1884) in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on May 24, 2025

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