WoRMS taxon details
Zoroaster alternicanthus McKnight, 2006
254829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254829)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype NIWA 3877
Holotype NIWA 3877 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Zoroaster alternicanthus McKnight, 2006. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254829 on 2026-02-20
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Nomenclature
original description
McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
[request]basis of record Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NIWA 3877 [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zoroaster alternicanthus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zoroaster alternicanthus 1123441)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zoroaster alternicanthus, ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zoroaster alternicanthus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zoroaster alternicanthus 1123441)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zoroaster alternicanthus, ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
Unreviewed
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Hosted externally
