Zoroaster barathri Alcock, 1893

Jangoux, Michel, 2022, The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris, Zoosystema 44 (11), pp. 259-334 : 268-269

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https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6637983

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scientific name

Zoroaster barathri Alcock, 1893
status

 

barathri Alcock, 1893, Zoroaster View in CoL

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Zoroaster barathri Alcock, 1893a: 103 View in CoL . — Clark in Clark & Mah 2001: 233.

CURRENT STATUS. — Zoroaster barathri Alcock, 1893 View in CoL .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Bay of Bengal • 1 syntype, Investigator Survey; Carpenter ridge; Indian Museum leg.; MNHN-IE-2014-413.

REMARK

The type locality of Z. barathri (Bay of Bengal, Investigator Survey, 2790 m) is the only known locality of the species.

ALCOCK A. 1893 a. - Natural history notes from the Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator 7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. Annals and Magazine of natural History (11) 6: 73 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939308677478

CLARK A. M. & MAH CH. 2001. - An index of recent Asteroidea. Part 4: Forcipulata and Brisingida, in JANGOUX M. & LAWRENCE J. M. (eds) Echinoderm Studies, vol. 6: 229 - 347. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Gallery Image

FIG. 4. — Zoroaster barathri Alcock, 1893: A, abactinal; B, actinal surfaces of the syntype; MNHN-IE-2014-413. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Asteroidea

Order

Forcipulatida

Family

Zoroasteridae

Genus

Zoroaster