Amphiaster insignis Verrill 1868
- Dataset
- The East Pacific / South Pacific Boundary: New taxa and occurrences from Rapa Nui (Easter Island), New Caledonia and adjacent regions
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Asteroidea
- order
- Valvatida
- family
- Asterodiscididae
- genus
- Amphiaster
- species
- Amphiaster insignis
discussion
Comments. Living color of this species appears to vary from orange with deep-red / orange inter- radii to a much lighter, weak peach color with dark orange interradii on the disk. Occurrence. Baja, California to Central America and Panama, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Revillagigedo Islands, Malpelo Island, Columbia, El Salvador. 13 – 66 m. (Maluf 1988 lists depth as 0 – 128 m).
materials_examined
Material Examined. CASIZ 108856. 2 km N of Boca Del Tule to Arena Blanka, Baja California. 23 º 15 ′ N, 109 º 22 ′ W, 30.4 m (100 feet). Coll. W. Lee et al. 26 April 1976. 1 wet spec. R = 1.4, r = 0.7. CASIZ 163511. Tiger Mount, Malpelo Island, 4 ° 44 ′ N, 81 ° 36.09 ′ W, 40 – 56 m (130 – 185 ft). Coll. K. L. Kaiser aboard M / V “ Inzan Tiger ”, 14 March 2000. 1 wet spec. USNM 39862. Pichilingue Bay, Baja California. Coll. U. S. F. S. Albatross, 1911. 1 dry spec. R = 3.2, r = 1.3. USNM 1114692. Todos Santos, Baja California. 23 º 24 ′ 53 ″ N, 120 º 13 ′ 53 ″ W, Coll. R / V. Lovito, March 2008, 1 dry spec. R = 7.7, r = 3.1.
Name
- Homonyms
- Amphiaster insignis Verrill 1868