Taxonavigation

Familia: Porcellanasteridae
Genus: Styracaster
Species: Styracaster horridus

Name

Styracaster horridus Sladen, 1883

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, north of Ascension Island. "Challenger Expedition" station 346. 2°42′S, 14°41′N. Depth 2350 fms.
• Holotype: BMNH 1890.5.7.127-129

Synonymy

• Chunaster scapanephorus Ludwig, 1907

• Type locality: South of Sumatra. Depth 5248 m.
• Holotype: ZMB 7303

References

• Alcock, A.W. 1893. Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine Survey Steamer `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding.--Series II., No. 7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 6) 11(62) (art. 15): 73–121. BHLReference page.  [as Styracaster horridus p. 86]
• Cherbonnier, G., Sibuet, M. 1972. Résultats scientifiques de la campagne Noratlante : Astérides et Ophiurides. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3ème série - Zoologie. 102(76): 1333–1394. BHL Reference page.  [as Styracaster horridus p. 1341–1342]
• Ludwig, H. 1907. Diagnosen neuer Tiefsee-Seesterne aus der Familie der Porcellanasteriden. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 31: 312–319. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Chunaster scapanephorus p. 316–317]
• Sladen, P. 1883. The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition - Part II. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 17: 214–269. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Styracaster horridus p. 229–232]

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