Chondraster

Chondraster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
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: Valvatida

Familia: Poraniidae
Genus: Chondraster
Species: C. elattosis – C. grandis

Name

Chondraster Verrill, 1895

• Type species: Porania grandis Verrill, 1878
• Raised to genus rank by Verrill, 1914: 21

Synonyms

• Porania (Chondraster) Verrill, 1895 (original rank as a subgenus of Porania)

References

Primary references

• Verrill, A.E. 1895. Distribution of the echinoderms of north–eastern America. American Journal of Science. 3(49): 127-141. BHL. Reference page.  [see page 138 as Porania (Chondraster), original description]
• Verrill, A.E. 1914. Revision of some genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of a few new genera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, ser. 8. 14 (79), 13–22. BHL Reference page.  [see page 21, status source]

Additional references

• Clark, A.M. 1984. Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 4. Families Poraniidae and Asteropseidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 47(1): 19–51. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1923. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 13(7): 221–435, pls VIII–XXIII. BHL Reference page.  [see page 274]