Zoroaster fulgens, THOMSON, 1873

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 : 196

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5489344

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scientific name

Zoroaster fulgens
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ZOROASTER FULGENS THOMSON, 1873 View in CoL

Zoroaster fulgens Thomson, 1873: 153 View in CoL ; Studer, 1883: 130; Sladen, 1889: 418; 1891: 694; Perrier, 1894: 116; Koehler, 1896: 42; H.L. Clark, 1901: 237; Farran, 1913: 19; Fisher, 1919b: 471; H.L. Clark, 1920: 101 (in key); Mortensen, 1927: 132; Downey, 1970: 14; Rice et al., 1982: 66; Gage et al., 1983: 269, 286; Harvey et al., 1988: 167; Hoz & Garcia, 1991: 135, 136; Hansson, 1998 (checklist); Clark & Mah, 2001: 234; Sumida et al., 2001: 29; Howell et al., 2004: 977.

Zoroaster aff. fulgens (Eocene) Blake & Zinsmeister, 1979: 1151 View in CoL ; 1988: 495.

Zoroaster ackleyi Perrier, 1880: 436 View in CoL ; 1881: 6; 1881b: 59; 1894: 117; Verrill, 1915: 28; H.L. Clark, 1920: 101 (in key); Fisher, 1928: 491; John & Clark, 1954: 139.

Zoroaster diomedeae Verrill, 1884: 217 View in CoL .

Zoroaster longicauda Perrier, 1885: 198 View in CoL ; 1894: 120; Howell, Billett & Tyler, 2002: 1906.

Prognaster grimaldii Perrier, 1891: 1226 View in CoL ; 1891 b: 259; 1896: 23, pl.2; Richard, 1900: 75, fig. 23.

Zoroaster trispinosus Koehler, 1895: 442 View in CoL ; 1896: 33; 1909: 108.

Zoroaster bispinosus View in CoL (as lapsus for trispinosus) Koehler, 1909: 316

Occurrence: North Atlantic (off Massachusetts), Faeroe Channel, Rockall Trough (north-east Atlantic), to Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, and Surinam. South Atlantic to Shag Rocks, South Georgia Sea, to Indian Ocean ( South Africa) 220–4810 m.

Material: North Atlantic. NMNH E 38674 Hudson Canyon , off New Jersey. 38°29′48″N, 72°32′ 54″W, 2625−2640 m. Coll. 30.vii.1975. (2 dry specs. R = 9.9, r = 1.1; R = 13.1, r = 1.4) NMNH 14274 View Materials GoogleMaps Georges Bank , Massachusetts, 41°9′40″N, 66°2′20″W, 2296 m. Coll. 4.ix.1883. [2 dry specs. R = 11.2, r = 1.5; R = ∼10, r = 1.2 (arm tips broken)] NMNH E18533 View Materials GoogleMaps , Off Andros Island , Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas. 24°26′N, 77°34′W, 1565 m, Coll. 28.ix.1967 (4 dry specs. R = 1.3, r = 0.2; R = 1.9, r = 0.3; R = 10.0, r = 1.6; R = 9.9, r = 1.1). NMNH E18534 View Materials GoogleMaps , North of Little Bahama Bank , 27°30′N, 78°38′W, 490 m. Coll. 5.ii.1964 (1 dry spec. R = 3.8, r = 0.5). NMNH E38657 GoogleMaps , East of Virginia Beach , Virginia. 36°42′N, 74°4′30″W, 2400−2450 m, Coll. 24.vii.1975. [3 dry specs. R = 16.7, r = 1.2; R = 17.4, r = 1.7; R = 18.6, r = 1.7 (arms broken, or twisted in several specs.)] Gulf of Mexico. NMNH 1017683 View Materials GoogleMaps , off Florida. 28°16′N, 86°36′16″E, 838– 847 m. Coll. 20.v.1985. [16 dry specs. R = 4.7 r = 0.7; R = 9.2, r = 1.0; R = 6.1, r = 0.7; R = 9.7, r = 0.9; R = 10.1, r = 1.0; R = 8.4, r = −0.9; R = 3.6, r = 0.6; R = 3.2, r = 0.5; R = 1.9, r = 0.4; R = 11.6, r = 0.9; R = 13.1, r = 1.1; r = 9.2, r = 0.8; R = 9.9, r = 0.9; R = 10.3, r = 0.9 (arm tips broken on several)] Caribbean Sea. NMNH E18538 View Materials GoogleMaps Off of Roque Islands , Venezuela. 11°50′N, 66°10′W, 1059 m, Coll. 23.vii.1968 (3 dry specs. R = 2.3 r = 0.5; R = 1.5, r = 0.4; R = 1.9, r = 0.3), NMNH E18539 View Materials GoogleMaps , East of St. Vincent Island, 13°20′48″N, 61°2′30″W, 658–841 m (1 dry spec. R = 0.9, r = 0.2) Guyana-Surinam. NMNH E18529 View Materials GoogleMaps , NE of Paramaribo , 7°21′N, 53°15′W, 549 m. Coll. 21.iii.1965. [2 dry specs, R = 6.5, r = 0.7; R = 7.7, r = 0.8 (arms broken on specs.)] NMNH E19310 View Materials GoogleMaps N of Georgetown , 8°14′N, 57°38′W, 1408 m. Coll. 15.vii.1968. (1 dry spec. R GoogleMaps = ∼10, r = 1.3 (arm tips broken)] NMNH E18536 View Materials NE of Paramaribo, 8°33′N, 54°18′W, 1253 m. Coll. 12.vii.1968. (1 dry spec. arms disarticulated, r = 0.8) South Atlantic. NMNH E47618 View Materials GoogleMaps , Shag Rocks , South Georgia Island, Scotia Sea. 50°51′12″S, 43°3′12″W, 1351−1362 m. Coll. 9.v.1975. (2 dry specs. R = 9.6, r = 1.1; R = 17, r = 1.6) NMNH E47615 View Materials GoogleMaps , NW of South Georgia Island, Scotia Sea. 51°2′12″S, 42°47′36″W, 1481−1546 m, Coll. 9.v.1975. [4 dry specs. R = ∼23, r = 2.0; R = 19.6, r = 2.1; R = ∼24, r = 2.1; R = 23.4, r = 1.8 (arms twisted, broken on some)] NMNH E47586 View Materials GoogleMaps , Shag Rocks , South Georgia Island, Scotia Sea. 50°51′12″S, 43°3′12″W, 1351−1362 m. Coll. 9.v.1975. [5 dry specs. R = 17.1, r = 1.4; R = 20.3, r = 2.1; R = 17.7, r = 1.5; R = 16.2, r = 1.5; R = ∼23, r = 1.8 (arms broken twisted)] Indian Ocean ( South Africa). SIO E 2941 About SIO GoogleMaps , off tip of South Africa, 53°21.1′S, 24°56′E, 1100−1400 m. Coll. 21.i.1984 (1 wet spec. R = 12.1, r = 1.6); SIO E 2943 About SIO GoogleMaps , off tip of South Africa, 46°30.8′S, 33°51′E, 2700− 3900 m, Coll. 27.i.1984 ( R = 16.0, r = 1.3) GoogleMaps .

Fossil material: NMNH 256068. Eocene, Upper La Meseta Formation, Antarctica, Seymour Island. Disc and arm fragments.

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

SIO

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Asteroidea

Order

Forcipulatida

Family

Zoroasteridae

Genus

Zoroaster

Loc

Zoroaster fulgens

Mah, Christopher 2007
2007
Loc

Zoroaster longicauda

Howell KL & Billett DSM & Tyler PA 2002: 1906
2002
Loc

Zoroaster aff. fulgens (Eocene)

Blake DB & Zinsmeister WJ 1988: 495
Blake DB & Zinsmeister WJ 1979: 1151
1979
Loc

Zoroaster bispinosus

Koehler R 1909: 316
1909
Loc

Zoroaster trispinosus

Koehler R 1895: 442
1895
Loc

Prognaster grimaldii

Richard J 1900: 75
Perrier E 1891: 1226
1891
Loc

Zoroaster diomedeae

Verrill AE 1884: 217
1884
Loc

Zoroaster ackleyi

John DD & Clark AM 1954: 139
Fisher WK 1928: 491
Clark HL 1920: 101
Verrill AE 1915: 28
Perrier E 1880: 436
1880
Loc

Zoroaster fulgens

Howell KL & Rogers AD & Tyler PA & Billett DSM 2004: 977
Clark AM & Mah C 2001: 234
Sumida PYG & Tyler PA & Billett DSM 2001: 29
Hoz JJ & Garcia L 1991: 135
Harvey R & Gage JD & Billett DSM & Clark AM & Paterson GLJ 1988: 167
Gage JD & Pearson M & Clark AM & Paterson GLJ & Tyler PA 1983: 269
Rice AL & Aldred RG & Darlington E & Wild RA 1982: 66
Downey ME 1970: 14
Mortensen T 1927: 132
Clark HL 1920: 101
Fisher WK 1919: 471
Farran GP 1913: 19
Perrier E 1894: 116
Sladen WP 1889: 418
Studer T 1883: 130
Thomson CW 1873: 153
1873
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