Hippasteria heathi Fisher 1905

• Main Authors: Mah, Christopher, Nizinski, Martha, Lundsten, Lonny
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Valvatida; Goniasteridae; Hippasteria; Hippasteria heathi; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Guard Island; Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491794; https://zenodo.org/record/5491794

HIPPASTERIA HEATHI FISHER, 1905 Fisher, 1905: 319; 1911: 231; Krieger & Wing, 2002: 86. Occurrence: Alaska, Gulf of Alaska. 377–454 m. Material examined: HOLOTYPE: USNM 22338, Guard Island, Behm Canal, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, 55°N, 131°W, 377–454 m, coll. USFC Albatross , 9.vii.1903 (1 dry spec. R = 7.8, r = 3.9). : Published as part of Mah, Christopher, Nizinski, Martha & Lundsten, Lonny, 2010, Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species, pp. 266-301 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (2) on page 286, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00638.x : {"references": ["Fisher WK. 1905. New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries 24: 291 - 320.", "Fisher WK. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum 76: xiii + 420 pp. 122 pls.", "Krieger KJ, Wing BL. 2002. Megafauna associations with deepwater corals (Primnoa spp.) in the Gulf of Alaska. Hydrobiologia 471: 83 - 90."]}