Zoroaster fulgens Thomson 1873

• Main Author: Mah, Christopher
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Forcipulatida; Zoroasteridae; Zoroaster; Zoroaster fulgens; North Atlantic; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5489344; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F187FAFFA5FFE184CA8EA46F5EF8AF

ZOROASTER FULGENS THOMSON, 1873 Zoroaster fulgens Thomson, 1873: 153; 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; 1988: 495. Zoroaster ackleyi Perrier, 1880: 436; 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. Zoroaster longicauda Perrier, 1885: 198; 1894: 120; Howell, Billett & Tyler, 2002: 1906. Prognaster grimaldii Perrier, 1891: 1226; 1891 b: 259; 1896: 23, pl.2; Richard, 1900: 75, fig. 23. Zoroaster trispinosus Koehler, 1895: 442; 1896: 33; 1909: 108. Zoroaster bispinosus (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 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, 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, 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, East of Virginia Beach, ...