Cnemidaster zea

• Main Author: Mah, Christopher
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Forcipulatida; Zoroasteridae; Cnemidaster; Cnemidaster zea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10545066; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F187FAFFB8FFFD84C8885F6976FD95

CNEMIDASTER ZEA (ALCOCK, 1893) Zoroaster zea Alcock, 1893: 110; 1895: Pl. II, 2,2a.; Clark & Mah, 2001: 235. Cnemidaster zea Fisher, 1919b: 18, 481, 483; H.L. Clark, 1920: 98; Downey, 1970: 14. Occurrence : S. India, 1090 m. DORASTER DOWNEY, 1970 (FIG. 3E–G) Doraster Downey, 1970: 5; Moyanna & Larrain, 1976: 103; Walenkamp, 1979: 87; Clark & Downey, 1992: 402; Clark & Mah, 2001: 231. Type species : Doraster constellatus Downey, 1970. Diagnosis : Disc and arm plates imbricate. Disc enlarged, swollen. Spinelets cover disc, arm surface (frequently absent). Disc plates strongly stellate. Internal buttress present. DORASTER CONSTELLATUS DOWNEY, 1970 (FIG. 3E–G) Doraster constellatus Downey, 1970: 5; Moyana & Larrain Prat, 1976: 103; Clark & Downey, 1992: 402; Clark & Mah, 2001: 231. D. cancellatus Jangoux, 1978: 98 (lapsus for D. constellatus ) Occurrence : SW orf Nantucket Shoals, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Panama, Surinam, 350–914 m. Material : North Atlantic. NMNH 1080502, SW of Nantucket Shoals, Massachsetts, 39°18′30″N, 71°23′30″W, 2601 m, Coll. 11.viii.1885 (13 wet specs.) Gulf of Mexico-NMNH E23145 East of Corpus Christi, Texas. 27°38′N, 95°35′W, 412 m. Coll. 7.v.1956. (1 dry spec. R = 12.1, r = 1.4) NMNH E34980, East of Mississippi Delta, Louisiana. 29°07′N, 88°11′W, 549 m, Coll. 3.vi.1959. (1 dry spec. R = 12.6 r = 1.2) NMNH E18554, East of Mississippi Delta, Louisiana. 29°12′N, 88°03′W, 366 m, Coll. 3.vi.1959. (1 dry spec. R = 10.1 r = 0.9) NMNH E18506, East of Mississippi Delta, Louisiana. 29°14′N, 87°54′W, 366 m, Coll. 22.v.1956. (1 dry spec. R = 12.8 r = 1.7) NMNH E10742 PARA- TYPES, Mississippi Delta, Louisiana. 29°03′15″N, 88°16′W, 592 m, Coll. 11.ii.1885. (2 dry specs. R = 6.6, r = 0.8; R = 11.6). NMNH E11353 PARATYPE SW of Grenada, 11°36′N, 62°52′W, 393–421 m, Coll. iv.1960, [1 dry spec. r = 10.2, r = 1.4 (arms broken)] Caribbean Sea-NMNH E18519, East of Chinchorro Bank, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 18°30′N, 87°37′W, 715–787 m, Coll. 17.iii.1968. (1 dry spec. R = 15.4, r = 1.9) ...