Hymenodiscus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brisingida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Brisingida

Familia: Brisingidae
Genus: Hymenodiscus
Species: H. agassizi – H. aotearoa – H. armillata – H. beringiana – H. coronata – H. distincta – H. exilis – H. fragilis – H. membranacea – H. monacantha – H. ochotensis – H. pannychia – H. pusilla – H. submembranacea – H. tenella – H. verticellatus

Name

Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884

Type species: Hymenodiscus agassizi Perrier, 1884, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Brisingella Fisher, 1917
  • Type species: Brisinga fragilis Fisher, 1906,by original designation.
  • Synonymized by Mah (1998).

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1917f. New genera and species of Brisingidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 20(8): 418–431. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Brisingella p. 427]
• Mah, C.L. 1998a. Preliminary phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the Brisingida (Asteroidea: Forcipulatacea). In: Mooi R, Telford M, editors. Proc 9th Int Echinoderm Conf. San Francisco: Ballkema; pp. 273–277 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.  [as Hymenodiscus p. 74]
• Perrier, E. 1884. Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueillies dans la mer des Antilles et le golfe du Mexique durant les expéditions de dragage faites sous la direction de M. Alexandre Agassiz. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 2. 6: 127-276, pls I-X. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Hymenodiscus p. 189]