Pythonaster pacificus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Velatida
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: Velatida

Familia: Myxasteridae
Genus: Pythonaster
Species:

Pythonaster pacificus Downey, 1979: 70

Holotype: USNM E17965, collected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography R/V Melville on 18 December 1969.

Type locality: “on the abyssal plain off Baja California (31º19.7’N, 119°39.2’W) at 2010 fms”.

Downey, M.E. 1979. Pythonaster pacificus n.sp. a new starfish of the family Myxasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92(1): 70–74. BHL Reference page.