Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina; Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features
Author
Mah, Christopher
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2007
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10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x
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ZOROASTER OPHIURUS
FISHER, 1905
Zoroaster ophiurus
Fisher, 1905: 315
; 1919: 390; H.L.
Clark, 1913: 199
;
1920: 102
(in key), 1923: 152;
Fisher, 1928: 34
;
Baranova, 1957: 175
;
Alton, 1966: 1709
;
Carey, 1972: 41
;
Lambert, 1978a: 23
;
Maluf, 1988: 45
, 125;
Clark & Mah, 2001: 233
.
Occurrence
: Bering Sea, S. to N.
Peru
,
695–2230 m
.
Material
:
Oregon.
NMNH
E16008
SW
of mouth of
Columbia River
,
45°42′36″N
,
125°12′36″W
.
1920 m
,
Coll.
v.1964
. [1 dry spec.
R
= ∼21.0 cm,
r
= 1.0 cm (arms broken)]
NMNH
E10362
SW
of mouth of
Columbia River
,
45°50.4′N
,
125°11.2′W
,
1646 m
,
Coll.
2.ix.1963
. (1 dry spec.
R
= 2.0,
r
=
0.3 cm
).
NMNH
E 15986
,
SW
of Mouth of Columbia River
,
45°38′36″N
,
125°18′W
.
2103 m
[22 dry specs.
R
= 17.5,
r
= 1.1;
R
= 10.6
r
= 1.1;
R
= ∼17
r
= 1.1;
R
= 13.5,
r
= 1.1;
R
= ∼15,
r
= 1.2;
R
= ∼17,
r
= 1.4;
R
= ∼17.6
r
= 1.3;
R
= 13.6,
r
= 1.1;
R
= ∼18
r
= 1.1;
R
= ∼16.7,
r
= 1.1;
R
= 14.4,
r
= 1.2;
R
= 13.7,
r
= 1.3;
R
= 11.7,
r
= 1.3;
R
= 17.8,
r
= 1.1;
R
= 16.3,
r
= 1.2;
R
= 14.3,
r
= 1.2;
R
= ∼13.0,
r
= 1.2;
R
= 13.4,
r
= 1.1;
R
= ∼13.2,
r
= 1.1;
R
= ∼7.8,
r
= 1.1;
R
= ∼16.5
r
= 1.1 (siX-rays) (arms broken or twisted)]
California.
LACM
Farallon Islands
slope,
37°38.40′N
,
123°21.53′W
to
37°38.36′N
,
123°19.90′W
,
2300−2375 m
.
Coll.
29.vii.1991
. (1 wet spec.
R
= 3.1,
r
= 0.6).
CASIZ 115916
West Cortes Bank
,
32°13′N
,
119°15.6′W
,
1583−1678 m
,
Coll.
19.i.1985
. (1 wet spec.
R
= 8.3,
r
= 0.7)
CASIZ 115918
Monterey
fan valley,
Monterey Bay
, off
Point Cypress
36°33.70′N
,
122°27.20′W
, 2430−2710.0 m,
Coll.
21.iii.1975
(1 wet spec.
R
= 9.6
r
= 0.9).
CASIZ 115923
off
southern California
on grey mud
32°17′N
,
119°17′W
,
Coll.
17.i.1889
. [1 wet spec.
R
= ∼3.2,
r
= 0.2 (arms broken)]
Mexico
.
NMNH 32450
,
SW
of San Carlos Point
,
Baja California
.
29°23′N
,
116°14′W
,
1607 m
.
Coll.
29.iv.1911
. [1 dry spec.
R
= 12.5,
r
= 0.9 (arm tips broken)]
NMNH 33252
SW
of Punta Abreojos
,
Baja California
.
26°14′N
, 114°,
1701 m
.
Coll.
22.iv.1911
. (2 dry specs.
R
= 2.6,
r
= 0.5,
R
= 3.0,
r
= 0.5)