Pectinaster agassizi

Familia: Benthopectinidae
Genus: Pectinaster
Species: Pectinaster agassizi
Subspecies: P. a. agassizi – P. a. evoplus – P. a. granuliferus

Pectinaster agassizi (Ludwig, 1905)

• Original combination: Cheiraster agassizi Ludwig, 1905

• ZooBank: E627D49A-3EBF-43D4-8A3B-5E1DE606AB3B

• Syntypes: MCZ:IZ:AST-2387 [1]; MCZ:IZ:AST-2440 [2]; MCZ:IZ:AST-2441 [3]; USNM 34310 [4]; USNM 34311 [5]; USNM 34312 [6]; USNM 34313 [7]; USNM 34314 [8]; USNM 34315 [9]; USNM 34316 [10]; USNM 34317 [11]; USNM 34318 [12]; USNM 34319 [13]; USNM 34329 [14].

• Cheiraster agassizii Ludwig, 1905: 1–10, pl. 1(3–4), pl. 2(5–12), pl. 16(81–84).
• Cheiraster agassizi Ludwig, 1905
• Pectinaster agassizii (Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, 1910: 449; — Fisher, 1911: 123; — H.L. Clark, 1913: 191; — H.L. Clark, 1920: 82; — H.L. Clark, 1923: 149–150; — Macan, 1938: 350–351; — Hendrickx, Mah & Zárate-Montes, 2011: 806–808, fig. 4C–D.
• Pectinaster agassizi (Ludwig, 1905)

• Clark, H.L. 1913. Echinoderms from lower California with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 32: 185-236. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1920a. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish commission Steamer “Albatross”, from October 1904, to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding. XXXII. Asteroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39(3): 70–113. BHL. Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1923b. Echinoderms from Lower California, with descriptions of new species : supplementary report. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 48(6): 147–163. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Hendrickx, M.E., Mah, C.L., Zárate-Montes, C.M. 2011. Deep-water Asteroidea (Echinodermata) collected during the TALUD cruises in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 82(3): 798–824. DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2011.3.692 Reference page. 
• Ludwig, H. 1905. Asteroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 32: vii–xii, 1–292. BHL. Reference page. 
• Ludwig, H. 1910. Nomyota, eine neue Ordnung der Seesterne. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 23: 435–466. BHL. Reference page. 
• Macan, T.T. 1938. Asteroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 4(9): 323–435. BHL. Reference page. 

• Pectinaster agassizi Ludwig, 1905 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on December 01, 2025

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