Zoroaster

Taxonavigation

Familia: Zoroasteridae
Genus: Zoroaster
Species: Z. actinocles – Z. adami – Z. alfredi – Z. alternicanthus – Z. angulatus – Z. barathri – Z. carinatus – Z. fulgens – Z. hirsutus – Z. macracantha – Z. magnificus – †Z. marambioensis – Z. microporus – Z. ophiactis – Z. ophiurus – Z. orientalis – Z. planus – Z. singletoni – Z. spinulosus – Z. tenuis – Z. variacanthus – †Z. whangareiensis

Name

Zoroaster Wyville Thomson, 1873

Type species: Zoroaster fulgens Wyville Thomson, 1873, by original designation.

References

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• Mah, C.L. 2024b. Two New Taxa of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) and Noteworthy Observations of Deep-Sea Asteroidea by the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in the North and Tropical Atlantic. Zootaxa. 5432(4): 461–508. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5432.4.2 . Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1891. Stellerides nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 4: 258–271. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomson, C.W. 1873. The Depths of the Sea. Macmillan and Co.: London: 527 pp. BHL. Reference page.