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Species List for Family: Pterasteridae
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Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Velatida (Order) > Pterasteridae (Family)
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  • Family: Pterasteridae

  • Diplopteraster hurleyi McKnight, 1973
    Marine
    Northern NZ to Otago, 959-1676 metres
    ACF
  • Diplopteraster otagoensis McKnight, 2006
    Marine, Endemic
    Off the east coast of central and southern NZ, 860-1222 metres
    CFE.
  • Hymenaster blegvadi Madsen, 1956
    Marine
    Kermadec Trench, 6606-6720 metres
    K
  • Hymenaster carnosus Sladen, 1882
    Marine
    Off Hawkes Bay, and both east and west coasts of the South Island, 1009-3391 metres. Also known from off the west coast of South America, 2743 metres
    ACF
  • Hymenaster pullatus Sladen, 1882
    Marine
    Lord Howe Rise, northern and southern NZ, 1186-2930 metres
    ACF
  • Hymenaster estcourti McKnight, 1973
    Marine
    Off Northland to Pukaki Saddle in the south, 1029-2476 metres
    AC
  • Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876
    Marine
    Macquarie Island, 8 metres. Also recorded from the Antarctic and subantarctic, 0-603 metres
    An
  • Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958
    Marine, Endemic
    Southern NZ, from Chatham Rise to Campbell Plateau and Bounty Platform, 20-520 metres, with the only records shallower than 100 metres from Fiordland
    MAnE.
  • Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908
    Marine
    Northern Tasman Sea and Kermadec Islands 142-850 metres. Also known from Japan and the Philippines
    K
  • Pteraster robertsoni McKnight, 1973
    Marine
    From off East Cape to Campbell Plateau, 997-1400 metres
    CFAn
  • Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882
    Marine
    Near Macquarie Island in 360 metres. Also known from the Antarctic and Subantarctic, 79-2084 metres
    An
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil