Cnemidaster nudus
Creators: name: Mah, Christopher
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Forcipulatida
Zoroasteridae
Cnemidaster
Cnemidaster nudus

description: <i>CNEMIDASTER NUDUS</i> (LUDWIG, 1905) <i>Zoroaster nudus</i> Ludwig, 1905: 164. <i>Cnemidaster nudus</i> H.L. Clark, 1920: 98; Downey, 1970: 14; Maluf, 1988: 43 124; Nybakken <i>et al</i>., 1998: 1777. <i>Occurrence</i>: Farallon Islands (Central California), Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to Chile, 1366−2598 m. <i>Material</i>: Central California. LACM Farallon Islands slope, 37°38.40′N, 123°21.53′W to 37°38.36, 123°19.90′W, 2300−2375 m. Coll. 29.vii.1991. [<i>R</i> = ∼11.4, <i>r</i> = 1.3 (1 wet spec.)]. Mexico. NMNH 34381 Offshore of Ventana Bay, Baja California. 23°59′N, 108°40′W, 1820 m. Coll. 20.iv.1891. [1 wet spec. <i>R</i> = 12.0, <i>r</i> = 1.3 (arms broken)] NMNH 34387, Cerralvo Island, Baja California. 24°22′30″N, 109°3′20″W, 2598 m. Coll. 20.iv.1891. [<i>R</i> = 3.9, <i>r</i> = 0.7 (arms broken)] LACM 9161, Off Rio Elata, Sinaloa, Mexico. 23°40′30″N, 107°38′30″W to 23°37′N, 107°51′48″W. 1384− 1366 m. Coll. 11.v.1959. [1 dry spec. <i>R</i> = ∼6.5, <i>r</i> = 1.1 (arms broken)] SIO E170, SW of Cabo San Lucas 22°42.5′N, 110°21.0′W to 22°41.4′N, 110°12.0′W. 1893−1957 m, Coll. 28.vi.1965. [2 dry specs. <i>R</i> = 6.1, <i>r</i> = 1.3; <i>R</i> = 7.5, <i>r</i> = 1.3 (arm tips broken)] SIO E 1602, SW of Cabo San Lucas, 22°45′N, 110°23.0′W. 1917−2014 m. Coll. 28.vi.1965. [1 wet spec. <i>R</i> = 9.3, <i>r</i> = 1.3 (arm tips broken)] Chile. NMNH E446 Off Arica, Chile. 18°44.7′S, 70°40.7′W to 18°40.2′S, 70°35.1′W, 1097−1152 m, Coll. 7.v.1972. (1 wet spec. <i>R</i> = 4.4 <i>r</i> = 0.6).
description: Published as part of <i>Mah, Christopher, 2007, Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina; Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features, pp. 177-210 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (1)</i> on page 190, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5430876
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