Zoroaster spinulosus, FISHER, 1905

Mah, Christopher, 2007, Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina; Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (1), pp. 177-210 : 198

ZOROASTER SPINULOSUS FISHER, 1905

Zoroaster spinulosus Fisher, 1906: 1102 ; 1919b: 472; H.L. Clark, 1920: 101 (in key); Fell, 1958: 19; 1960: 65; McKnight, 1967: 292, 302; H.E.S. Clark, 1970: 4 (in checklist); McKnight, 1975: 59; 1993: 185; Rowe & Gates, 1995: 116; Chave & Malahoff, 1998: 87; Mah, 1998a: 69; Clark & Mah, 2001: 234; McKnight, 2006: 42.

Occurrence: Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, S. Australia, and Tasman Sea, White Island, New Zealand, 350– 1680 m.

Material: Alaska. CASIZ 113329 , West point of Yunaska Island 53°46′N, 171°37′W, 2226.0 m, Coll. 29.v.1906. (1 dry spec-arm fragment only) Hawai’i. NMNH 21187 HOLOTYPE , West of Kalaupapa, Molokai Island . 21°14′45″N, 157°5′5″W, 600– 757 m. Coll. 18.iv.1902 (1 wet spec. R = 11.7, r = 1.1) NMNH 31382 PARATYPE , Hanamaulu Bay, Kauai Island . 22°2′10″N, 159°18′15″W, 620– 936 m. Coll. 2.viii.1902. (1 wet spec. R = 11.8, r = 1.0) NMNH 32210 PARATYPE , Between Molokai and Oahu Islands, Kawai Channel. 21°22′35″N, 157°24′40″W, 792–817 m, Coll. 24.vii.1902 (1 wet spec. R = 15.0, r = 1.2); CASIZ 171711 Pioneer Bank, 25°48.12′N, 173°25.92′W. 1797 m. Coll. 8.x.2003 (1 wet spec. R = 17.3, r = 1.2). New Zealand. NMNH 1084276 , 8 miles east of White Island, Bay of Plenty, North Island. 630– 550 m, Coll. 30.ix.1963. [4 dry specs. R = 10.3, r = 1.4, R = 8.5, r = 1.3, R = 8.8, r = 1.2, R = 10.2, r = 1.1 (arms broken)]