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Traits taxon details

Zoroaster actinocles Fisher, 1919

AphiaID

254826 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254826)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Zoroaster Wyville Thomson, 1873

Original name

Zoroaster actinocles Fisher, 1919

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1919). North Pacific Zoroasteridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(9): 387-353., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688320 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Zoroaster actinocles Fisher, 1919. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254826 on 2025-04-07

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Zoroaster actinocles Fisher, 1919. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254826 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-18 20:56:03Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Fisher, W.K. (1919). North Pacific Zoroasteridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(9): 387-353., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688320 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Mah, C. (2007). Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina;Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 177-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x [details]