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Deep-Sea Echinoderms of New Zealand

Psilaster Sladen, 1885 — Psilaster acuminatus Sladen

Psilaster Sladen, 1885

Psilaster acuminatus Sladen

  • Sladen, W. P., 1889. Rpt. on Asteroidea. Challenger Sci. Rslts., Zoology, 30, p. 225, Pl. 40, Figs. 1–2.

Material Examined: 32 specimens from the following localities: 430 fathoms, Cook Strait, VUZ Station 97; 380 fathoms, Cook Strait, VUZ Station 100, 10 specimens; 380 fathoms, Cook Strait, VUZ Station 96, 1 specimen; 200–250 fathoms, Cook Strait, VUZ Station 10, 1 specimen; 270 fathoms, off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, Dom. Mus. Station B.S.209, 1 specimen; 100–150 fathoms, Cook Strait, VUZ Station 15, 1 specimen; 113–120 fathoms, off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, Dom. Mus. Station B.S.208, 3 specimens; 124 fathoms, Bay of Plenty, NP Station 6, 13 specimens.

Remarks: The species was originally taken by the Challenger at Station 167, in 150 fathoms, north-west of Stephen's Island, and also off eastern Australia in 950 fathoms, and off South Africa, depth not stated. It is present in the Chatham Islands. page 5Expedition collections, but from shelf stations only; other specimens from the Cook Strait shelf have previously been recorded (Fell, 1952, p. 6).