Bathyferdina

Mah, Christopher L., 2017, Overview of the Ferdina - like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species, Zootaxa 4271 (1), pp. 1-72 : 11-12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:50496AC4-D639-49A7-9249-386B037DAE72
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6016977
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0393E60D-FFBD-FF90-D2B0-8A25EFC171D6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bathyferdina
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Bathyferdina nov. gen

Etymology. The genus name is derived from the Greek bathos for “depth” and the type genus Ferdina in reference to the much deeper depth inhabited by the type species relative to the other Ferdina species.

Type species. Bathyferdina aireyae n. sp. (by monotypy). Diagnosis. As for species.

Taxonomic comments. As for species below.